Fireball passes and nothing burns - The role of thermal radiation in the Cretaceous-Tertiary event: Evidence from the charcoal record of North America

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1061-1064

  Belcher, Claire M ^a   Collinson, Margaret E ^a   Sweet, Arthur R ^b   Hildebrand, Alan R ^c   Scott, Andrew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asteroid; Charcoal; Cretaceous Tertiary boundary; Fire; Impacts; Thermal radiation

Indexed keywords

THERMAL POWERS; BACKGROUND LEVEL; BIOMASS-BURNING; CHICXULUB IMPACT; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; ENVIRONMENTAL PERTURBATIONS; IMPACTS; ORGANIC MATERIALS; PEAK IRRADIANCE;

CHARCOAL; FIRES; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; ASTEROIDS; HEAT RADIATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOOT;

HEAT RADIATION; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

CHARCOAL; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; FIRE; IRRADIANCE; MASS EXTINCTION; THERMAL REGIME; ASTEROID; ATMOSPHERE; BIOMASS BURNING; RECORD; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SOOT; TERTIARY; THERMAL POWER; WILDFIRE;

NORTH AMERICA; CANADA; COLORADO; SASKATCHEWAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1642481193     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G19989.1     Document Type: Article

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