Paleoecological changes at Lake Cuitzeo were not consistent with an extraterrestrial impact

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

Volumn 109, Issue 34, 2012, Pages

  Gill, Jacquelyn L ^a   Blois, Jessica L ^a   Goring, Simon ^a   Marlon, Jennifer R ^b   Bartlein, Patrick J ^c   Nicoll, Kathleen ^d   Scott, Andrew C ^e   Whitlock, Cathy ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14;

ALGA; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GASTROPOD; LAKE; LETTER; MOISTURE; PALEOECOLOGY; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAND;

GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGY; METEOROIDS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84865305400     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1206196109     Document Type: Letter

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