Extreme Events in the Geological Past

Frontiers Collection

Volumn Part F934, Issue , 2006, Pages 145-168

  Herget, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Continental Plate; Glacial Lake; Mass Extinction; Velocity Head; Volcanic Eruption

Indexed keywords

EID: 85166168244     PISSN: 16123018     EISSN: 21976619     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-28611-X_7     Document Type: Chapter

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