Climate modelling of mass-extinction events: A review

International Journal of Astrobiology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 207-212

  Feulner, Georg ^a  

^a Potsdam Institut Fr Klimafolgenforschung (PIK)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate modelling; Evolution; Macroevolution; Mass extinction; Paleobiology

Indexed keywords

ASTEROID; CLIMATE MODELING; COMET; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; FUTURE PROSPECT; MASS EXTINCTION; PALEOBIOLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE;

EID: 74149083178     PISSN: 14735504     EISSN: 14753006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1473550409990061     Document Type: Conference Paper

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