Wildfires and animal extinctions at the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 567-573

  Adair, Robert K ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

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EID: 77953561027     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.3192770     Document Type: Article

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