The extinction of the dinosaurs in North America

GSA Today

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 4-10

  Fastovsky, David E ^a,b   Sheehan, Peter M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTEROID; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; DINOSAUR; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MASS EXTINCTION;

NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 15044350993     PISSN: 10525173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/1052-5173(2005)15[4:RRARPD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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