A meteorite from the cretaceous/tertiary boundary

Nature

Volumn 396, Issue 6708, 1998, Pages 237-239

  Kyte, Frank T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITE; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; IMPACT; METEORITE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MICROANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032548017     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/24322     Document Type: Article

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