Survival in the first hours of the cenozoic

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 116, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 760-768

  Robertson, Douglas S ^a   McKenna, Malcolm C ^b,c   Toon, Owen B ^a   Hope, Sylvia ^d   Lillegraven, Jason A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bolide physics; Chicxulub; Cretaceous; Evolution; Extinction; Extraterrestrial impact; Infrared radiation; Nonmarine; Paleocene; Survival; Tertiary; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

BOLIDE PHYSICS; CENOZOIC TIMES; HEAT PULSES; NATURAL CAVITIES;

ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; INFRARED RADIATION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

EARTH (PLANET);

CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; IMPACT; MASS EXTINCTION; SURVIVAL;

EID: 2442560040     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25402.1     Document Type: Article

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