Inconsistent impact hypotheses for the Younger Dryas

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 34, 2012, Pages

  Boslough, Mark ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

SILICATE;

BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMET ASSAY; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LETTER; MELTING POINT; PALEONTOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT;

GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGY; METEOROIDS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84865298212     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1206739109     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

1. Israde-Alcántara I, et al. (2012) Evidence from central Mexico supporting the Younger Dryas extraterrestrial impact hypothesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 109: E738-E747.
2. Firestone RB, et al. (2007) Evidence for an extraterrestrial impact 12,900 years ago that contributed to the megafaunal extinctions and the Younger Dryas cooling. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 104:16016-16021.
3. Boslough MBE, Crawford DA (2008) Low-altitude airbursts and the impact threat. Int J Impact Eng 35:1441-1448.