Self-shielding of thermal radiation by Chicxulub impact ejecta: Firestorm or fizzle?

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1135-1138

  Goldin, Tamara J ^a,b   Melosh, H Jay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RE-ENTRY; CHICXULUB; CHICXULUB IMPACT; HYPERVELOCITIES; ME-XICO; RADIATIVE TRANSFER CALCULATIONS; SELF-SHIELDING; SUBMICRON; THERMAL PULSE; THERMAL RADIATIONS; TWO-PHASE FLUID FLOW; WILDFIRE IGNITION; WOOD IGNITION;

AIR; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT RADIATION; OPACITY; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

RADIATION SHIELDING;

CRATER; HEAT TRANSFER; IMPACT; MODELING; SPHERULE; WILDFIRE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF CAMPECHE; CHICXULUB CRATER; GULF OF MEXICO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; YUCATAN;

SPHERULES;

EID: 72149125326     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30433A.1     Document Type: Article

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