Oceanic mega-impacts and crustal evolution

Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 387-390

  Glikson, Andrew Y ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; PROJECTILES; GALLIUM; IRIDIUM; SOLAR SYSTEM;

ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATION; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; GEOCHEMICAL ANOMALY; GONDWANA BREAKUPS; JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS BOUNDARY; LATE HEAVY BOMBARDMENT; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; THERMAL PERTURBATIONS; CRATER SIZES; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; CUMULATIVE NUMBER; EAST AFRICAN RIFT; IMPACT SPHERULES; ISOTOPIC AGE; ISOTOPIC DATING; MAGMATIC ACTIVITY; MANTLE PLUME; OCEANIC CRUST; SHOCK ENERGY; TRIASSIC RIFTING;

ISOTOPES;

CRATER; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; IMPACT STRUCTURE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; OCEANIC CRUST; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; EARTH; GONDWANA; IMPACT; JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS BOUNDARY; MANTLE PLUME; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; RIFTING; SOLAR SYSTEM; VOLCANISM;

CARLSBERG RIDGE; EAST AFRICAN RIFT; INDIAN OCEAN; KRASNOYARSK [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; NORILSK; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOUTH AFRICA; TRANSVAAL;

FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); SPHERULES;

EID: 0032865527     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0387:OMIACE>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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