Late Eocene and late Miocene cosmic dust events: Comet showers, asteroid collisions, or lunar impacts?

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 452, Issue , 2009, Pages 27-35

  Farley, K A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comet shower; Cosmic dust; Impacts; Veritas

Indexed keywords

ASTEROIDS; COSMOLOGY; METEORITES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ASTEROID COLLISION; CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITES; CATASTROPHIC COLLISIONS; COMET SHOWER; COSMIC DUSTS; IMPACTS; SEDIMENTARY RECORDS; VERITAS;

DUST;

ASTEROID; CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITE; CENOZOIC; COMET; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CRATER; EOCENE; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MIOCENE; SOLAR SYSTEM; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION;

EID: 74949104515     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2009.2452(03)     Document Type: Conference Paper

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