Stable isotopic response to late Eocene extraterrestrial impacts

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 452, Issue , 2009, Pages 83-95

  Pusz, Aimee E ^a,e   Miller, Kenneth G ^a   Wright, James D ^a   Katz, Miriam E ^b   Cramer, Benjamin S ^c   Kent, Dennis V ^a,d  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^d Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Foraminifera; Impacts; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CHESAPEAKE BAY IMPACT STRUCTURES; CLIMATE; FORAMINIFERA; GLOBAL TEMPERATURE CHANGE; IMPACT STRUCTURES; IMPACTS; NATURAL VARIABILITY; STABLE ISOTOPES;

ISOTOPES;

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; EJECTA; EOCENE; EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATTER; IMPACT STRUCTURE; SPHERULE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEKTITE;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES;

FORAMINIFERA; SPHERULES;

EID: 74949084908     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2009.2452(06)     Document Type: Conference Paper

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