Fireball passes and nothing burns - The role of thermal radiation in the Cretaceous-Tertiary event: Evidence from the charcoal record of North America

C M Belcher, M E Collinson, A R Sweet, A R Hildebrand, A C Scott

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1061-1064
Number of pages4
JournalGeology
Volume31
Issue number12
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2003

Keywords

  • Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary
  • charcoal
  • fire
  • impacts
  • thermal radiation
  • asteroid
  • K-T BOUNDARY
  • IMPACT
  • EXTINCTION
  • IGNITION
  • HISTORY
  • MEXICO
  • COAL
  • USA

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