A theoretical exercise in the modeling of ground-level ozone resulting from the K-T asteroid impact: Its possible link with the extinction selectivity of terrestrial vertebrates

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 288, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 14-23

  Kikuchi, Ryunosuke ^a   Vanneste, Maarten ^b  

^a POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chicxulub impact; Modeling; Photochemical reactions; Selective extinction; Terrestrial vertebrates

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ASTEROID; CARBON CYCLE; CATALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; DINOSAUR; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAASTRICHTIAN; MASS EXTINCTION; MODEL TEST; OZONE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SOIL TYPE; TOXICITY; TROPOSPHERE; VERTEBRATE;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; DINOSAURIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77649234062     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.01.027     Document Type: Article

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