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 InfoTulsa, Okla. : SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology), ©2011.
Description1 online resource (313 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color).
Supplemental ContentGeoScienceWorld
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SeriesSEPM 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references.
Spec. audience char. Specialized.
Source of descriptionDescription based on print version record.
Issued in other formPrint version : 9781565763081
ISBN9781565763098 (ebook) :

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