Late ordovician geographic patterns of extinction compared with simulations of astrophysical ionizing radiation damage

Paleobiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 311-320

  Melott, Adrian L ^a   Thomas, Brian C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b WASHBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; MASS EXTINCTION; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; RADIATION DAMAGE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SOLAR RADIATION; SURVIVAL;

EID: 69649102181     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0094-8373-35.3.311     Document Type: Article

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