Direct measurements of chemical composition of shock-induced gases from calcite: an intense global warming after the Chicxulub impact due to the indirect greenhouse effect of carbon monoxide

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 282, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 56-64

  Kawaragi, Ko ^a   Sekine, Yasuhito ^a   Kadono, Toshihiko ^b   Sugita, Seiji ^a   Ohno, Sohsuke ^c   Ishibashi, Ko ^a   Kurosawa, Kosuke ^a   Matsui, Takafumi ^a   Ikeda, Susumu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide; Carbonate; Chicxulub impact; Global warming; K P boundary; Shock induced devolatilization

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC EVOLUTIONS; CARBONATE ROCKS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHICXULUB; CHICXULUB IMPACT; DIRECT MEASUREMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; GAS SPECIES; GUN SYSTEMS; HYPER VELOCITY IMPACTS; ISOTOPIC LABELING; K-P BOUNDARY; MASS EXTINCTIONS; PALEOGENE; PHOTOCHEMICAL MODELS; SHOCK-INDUCED DEVOLATILIZATION;

CALCITE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CARBONATION; GASES; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSES; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CALCITE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE ROCK; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; LASER METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF CAMPECHE; CHICXULUB CRATER; GULF OF MEXICO; YUCATAN PENINSULA;

EID: 67349202838     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.02.037     Document Type: Article

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