Bolide summer: The Paleocene/Eocene thermal maximum as a response to an extraterrestrial trigger

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 224, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 144-166

  Cramer, Benjamin S ^a,d   Kent, Dennis V ^b,c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioevents; Bolide impact; Carbon cycle; Carbon isotope excursion; Methane hydrates; Paleocene Eocene thermal maximum

Indexed keywords

BOLIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; IMPACT STRUCTURE; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOTEMPERATURE;

EID: 23044465727     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.03.040     Document Type: Conference Paper

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