Chapter 3Modelling late devonian extinction hypotheses

Developments in Palaeontology and Stratigraphy

Volumn 20, Issue C, 2005, Pages 37-50

  McGhee Jr , George R ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

catastrophic volcanism hypotheses; global cooling; Late Devonian; mass extinctions; multiple impacts hypotheses

Indexed keywords

EID: 45449094420     PISSN: 09205446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-5446(05)80003-2     Document Type: Article

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