Impacts and mass extinctions revisited

Palaios

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 313-315

  Morrow, Jared R ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MASS EXTINCTION; PALEONTOLOGY;

EID: 33748345360     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2006.S04     Document Type: Article

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