The end-cretaceous mass extinction in the marine realm: Year 2000 assessment

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 817-830

  Keller, Gerta ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035399620     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-0633(01)00032-0     Document Type: Article

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