Correlation of the largest craters, stratigraphic impact signatures, and extinction events over the past 250 Myr

The six largest known impact craters of the last 250 Myr (≥70 km in diameter), which are capable of causing significant environmental damage, coincide with four times of recognized extinction events at 36 (with 2 craters), 66, and 145 Myr ago, and possibly with two provisional extinction events at 1...

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Main Authors: Michael R. Rampino, Ken Caldeira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-11-01
Series:Geoscience Frontiers
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S167498711730049X