Basaltic explosive volcanism, but no comet impact, at the Paleocene-Eocene boundary: High-resolution chemical and isotopic records from Egypt, Spain and Denmark

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 225, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 1-17

  Schmitz, Birger ^a   Peucker Ehrenbrink, Bernhard ^b   Heilmann Clausen, Claus ^c   Åberg, Göran ^d   Asaro, Frank ^e   Lee, Cin Ty A ^f  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonisotopic excursion; Comet impact; Flood basalt volcanism; IETM; Iridium; Osmium isotopes; Paleocene Eocene boundary

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; FLOOD BASALT; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MASS EXTINCTION; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY;

EID: 4344573187     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.06.017     Document Type: Article

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