The younger dryas impact hypothesis: A critical review

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 83, Issue , 2014, Pages 95-114

  Van Hoesel, Annelies ^a   Hoek, Wim Z ^a   Pennock, Gillian M ^a   Drury, Martyn R ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Iridium; Lechatelierite; Magnetic spherules; Nanodiamonds; Radiocarbon dating; Wildfire; Younger Dryas impact hypothesis

Indexed keywords

FIRES; IRIDIUM; QUARTZ;

LECHATELIERITE; MAGNETIC SPHERULES; RADIOCARBON DATING; WILDFIRE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

NANODIAMONDS;

CLIMATE VARIATION; COOLING; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; EXTINCTION; IMPACT STRUCTURE; IRIDIUM; LECHATELIERITE; QUARTZ; RADIOCARBON DATING; SPHERULE; WILDFIRE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

SPHERULES;

EID: 84888374720     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.10.033     Document Type: Article

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