Mechanisms and models of iridium anomaly shape across the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 301, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 98-106

  Hull, Pincelli M ^a,b   Franks, Peter J S ^a   Norris, Richard D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advection diffusion model; Bioturbation; Fossil record preservation; Impact ejecta; K T boundary; PGE

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION - DIFFUSION; BIOTURBATION; FOSSIL RECORDS; IMPACT EJECTA; K/T BOUNDARY; PGE;

ADVECTION; COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; DIFFUSION; IGNEOUS ROCKS; IRIDIUM; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

MIXING;

ADVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATION; BIOMARKER; BIOTURBATION; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; DEPOSITION; DIFFUSION; EJECTA; FOSSIL RECORD; IMPACT; IRIDIUM; MICROFOSSIL; MIXING; PALEOGENE; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; REMOBILIZATION; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SHAPE ANALYSIS; TRACER;

EID: 78650266412     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.10.031     Document Type: Article

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