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Investigating a 65-Ma-Old Smoking Gun: Deep Drilling of the Chicxulub Impact StructureThe Phanerozoic paleontological record is marked by several biological extinction events. One of them,at the Cretaceous/Tertiary (K/T) boundary was responsible for the demise of about 50% of genera and 75% of species, including the dinosaurs.These drastic and abrupt changes in the development of life on Earth puzzled paleontologists in the past. Many a cause was put forward to account for them, amongst them climate changes, disease, or overspecialization.
Document ID
20030071676
Acquisition Source
Headquarters
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Dressler, B.
(Lunar and Planetary Inst. Houston, TX, United States)
Sharpton, V. L.
Morgan, J.
Buffler, R.
Moran, D.
Smit, J.
Stoeffler, D.
Urrutia, J.
Date Acquired
August 21, 2013
Publication Date
April 8, 2003
Publication Information
Publication: Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union
Publisher: American Geophysical Union
Volume: 84
Issue: 14
ISSN: 0096-3941
Subject Category
Life Sciences (General)
Report/Patent Number
LPI-Contrib-1159
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NASW-4574
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Public
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