Sulfur chemistry in laser-simulated impact vapor clouds: Implications for the K/T impact event

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 218, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 347-361

  Ohno, Sohsuke ^a   Sugita, Seiji ^a   Kadono, Toshihiko ^b   Hasegawa, Sunao ^c   Igarashi, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemical reaction; Impact vapor cloud; K T boundary; Mass spectroscopy; Sulfuric acid aerosol

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CHEMISTRY; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; MASS EXTINCTION; PALEOATMOSPHERE; SULFUR; VAPORIZATION;

EID: 1142293186     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00687-3     Document Type: Article

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