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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017-11-01
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Series: | Geoscience Frontiers |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S167498711730049X |