Impact crises, mass extinctions, and galactic dynamics: The case for a unified theory

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 339, Issue , 1999, Pages 241-248

  Rampino, Michael R ^a,b  

^a NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STRATIGRAPHY;

EARTH-CROSSING OBJECTS; GALACTIC DISKS; MASS EXTINCTION; MILKY WAY GALAXY; PERIODIC COMPONENTS; QUASI-PERIODIC; UNIFIED THEORY; VERTICAL OSCILLATIONS;

EARTH (PLANET);

ASTRONOMY; COMET; COSMOLOGY; CRATERING; DIAMETER; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; EXTINCTION RISK; METEORITE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; THEORETICAL STUDY; THRESHOLD;

EID: 84870936289     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2339-6.241     Document Type: Article

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