The end-Cretaceous mass extinction and the Chicxulub impact in Texas / edited by Gerta Keller, Thierry Adatte.
| Other author | Keller, Gerta. |
| Other author | Adatte, Thierry. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Tulsa, Okla. : SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology), ©2011. |
| Description | 1 online resource (313 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color). |
| Supplemental Content | GeoScienceWorld |
| Subjects |
| Series | SEPM special publication ; no. 100 Special publication (SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology)) ; no. 100. ^A278528 |
| Summary | One of the liveliest, contentious, and long-running scientific debates began over three decades ago with the discovery of an iridium anomaly in a thin clay layer at Gubbio, Italy, that led to the hypothesis that a large impact caused the end-Cretaceous mass extinction. For many scientists the discovery of an impact crater near Chicxulub on Yucatan in 1991 all but sealed the impact-kill hypothesis as proven with the impact as sole cause for the mass extinction. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Spec. audience char. | Specialized. |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record. |
| Issued in other form | Print version : 9781565763081 |
| ISBN | 9781565763098 (ebook) : |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |