Platinum group elements and 187Os/188Os in a purported impact ejecta layer near the Eifelian-Givetian stage boundary, Middle Devonian

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 249, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 162-172

  Schmitz, Birger ^a   Ellwood, Brooks B ^b   Peucker Ehrenbrink, Bernhard ^c   El Hassani, Ahmed ^d   Bultynck, Pierre ^e  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d Institut Scientifique   (Morocco)

^e ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

asteroid impact; Eifelian Givetian boundary; iridium; mass extinctions; platinum group elements

Indexed keywords

ASTEROID IMPACT; EIFELIAN GIVETIAN STAGE BOUNDARY; MASS EXTINCTIONS; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT;

GEOCHEMISTRY; IRIDIUM; OSMIUM; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; TRACE ELEMENTS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

ASTEROID; DIAGENESIS; EIFELIAN; GIVETIAN; IMPACT STRUCTURE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MASS EXTINCTION; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT;

AFRICA; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 33749041489     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.07.024     Document Type: Article

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