Are periodic mass extinctions driven by a distant solar companion?

Nature

Volumn 308, Issue 5961, 1984, Pages 713-715

  Whitmire, Daniel P ^a   Jackson IV, Albert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b Computer Sciences Corporation ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0039009668     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/308713a0     Document Type: Article

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