Atmospheric Interactions during Global Deposition of Chicxulub Impact Ejecta

Atmospheric Interactions during Global Deposition of Chicxulub Impact Ejecta

Atmospheric interactions affected both the mechanics of impact ejecta deposition and the environmental effects from the catastrophic Chicxulub impact at the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) boundary. Hypervelocity reentry and subsequent sedimentation of Chicxulub impact spherules through the Earth'...

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Main Author: Goldin, Tamara Joan
Other Authors: Melosh, H. Jay
Language:EN
Published: The University of Arizona. 2008
Subjects:
Chicxulub
density current
ejecta
impact
thermal radiation
wildfire
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/195889

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