Evidence from the northwestern Venezuelan Andes for extraterrestrial impact: The black mat enigma

Geomorphology

Volumn 116, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 48-57

  Mahaney, W C ^a   Kalm, V ^b   Krinsley, D H ^c   Tricart, P ^d   Schwartz, S ^d   Dohm, J ^e,f   Kim, K J ^g   Kapran, B ^a   Milner, M W ^a   Beukens, R ^h   Boccia, S ^h   Hancock, R G V ⁱ   Hart, K M ^j   Kelleher, B ^j  

^a Quaternary Surveys   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^d OBSERVATOIRE DE GRENOBLE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^g Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

ⁱ MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^j DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

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Author keywords

Asteroid impact; Black mat; Paleoclimate; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ASTEROID; BLACK CARBON; COOLING; DATING METHOD; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GLACIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; IMPACT STRUCTURE; PALEOCLIMATE; WARMING; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ANDES; VENEZUELA;

SPHERULES;

EID: 75949091630     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.10.007     Document Type: Article

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