Search for evidence of impact at the Permian-Triassic boundary in Antarctica and Australia

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 979-982

  Retallack, Gregory J ^a   Seyedolali, Abbas ^a   Krull, Evelyn S ^a   Holser, William T ^a   Ambers, Clifford P ^a   Kyte, Frank T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; QUARTZ; ROCKS;

ANTARCTICA; CLAYSTONES; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; IMPACT EJECTA; MASS EXTINCTION EVENTS; MINERALOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; SHOCKED QUARTZ;

IRIDIUM;

BOLIDE; BRECCIA; IMPACT; IRIDIUM; MASS EXTINCTION; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY;

ANTARCTICA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84879890562     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0979:SFEOIA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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