Arguments and evidence against a Younger Dryas impact event

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 198, Issue , 2012, Pages 13-26

  Boslough, M ^a   Nicoll, K ^b   Holliday, V ^c   Daulton, T L ^d   Meltzer, D ^e   Pinter, N ^f   Scott, A C ^g   Surovell, T ^h   Claeys, P ⁱ   Gill, J ^j   Paquay, F ^k   Marlon, J ^j   Bartlein, P ^l   Whitlock, C ^m   Grayson, D ⁿ   Jull, A J T ^o  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

ⁱ VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^m MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1029/2012GM001209     Document Type: Article

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