Traces of the marine Mjølnir impact event

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 241, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 621-636

  Dypvik, Henning ^a   Smelror, Morten ^b   Sandbakken, Pål T ^c   Salvigsen, O ^a   Kalleson, E ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c STATOIL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Environmental effects; Microflora; Mj lnir impact; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

EJECTA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS BOUNDARY; MARINE SEDIMENT; METEORITE; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; MJOLNIR CRATER;

ALGAE; LEIOSPHAERIDIA; PRASINOPHYCEAE; SPHERULES;

EID: 33750483610     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.04.013     Document Type: Article

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