Global Catastrophes in Earth History; An Interdisciplinary Conference on Impacts, Volcanism, and Mass Mortality

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Global Catastrophes in Earth History; An Interdisciplinary Conference on Impacts, Volcanism, and Mass Mortality

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Geological Society of America

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https://doi.org/10.1130/SPE247

Geological Society of America

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9780813722474

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January 01, 1990

Front Matter

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Preface

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Virgil L. Sharpton;

Virgil L. Sharpton

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Peter D. Ward

Peter D. Ward

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https://doi.org/10.1130/SPE247-pix

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Patterns of Mass Mortality: Models, Overviews, and Hypotheses
- The “facts” of mass extinctions
  
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  Karl W. Flessa
  
  Karl W. Flessa
  
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  https://doi.org/10.1130/SPE247-p1
  
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- Periodicity in flood basalts, mass extinctions, and impacts; A statistical view and a model
  
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  Richard B. Stothers;
  
  Richard B. Stothers
  
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  Michael R. Rampino
  
  Michael R. Rampino
  
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  https://doi.org/10.1130/SPE247-p9
  
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- On impacts as a cause of geomagnetic field reversals or flood basalts
  
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  David E. Loper;
  
  David E. Loper
  
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  Kevin McCartney
  
  Kevin McCartney
  
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  https://doi.org/10.1130/SPE247-p19
  
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- Impact as a general cause of extinction; A feasibility test
  
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  David M. Raup
  
  David M. Raup
  
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  https://doi.org/10.1130/SPE247-p27
  
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- The taxonomic structure of periodic extinction
  
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  J. John Sepkoski, Jr.
  
  J. John Sepkoski, Jr.
  
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  https://doi.org/10.1130/SPE247-p33
  
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- Iridium abundance patterns across bio-event horizons in the fossil record
  
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  C. J. Orth;
  
  C. J. Orth
  
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  M. Attrep, Jr.;
  
  M. Attrep, Jr.
  
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  L. R. Quintana
  
  L. R. Quintana
  
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  https://doi.org/10.1130/SPE247-p45
  
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- Carbon-isotope anomalies at era boundaries; Global catastrophes and their ultimate cause
  
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  Kenneth J. Hsü;
  
  Kenneth J. Hsü
  
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  Judith A. McKenzie
  
  Judith A. McKenzie
  
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  https://doi.org/10.1130/SPE247-p61
  
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- Chondritic metal toxicity as a seed stock kill mechanism in impact-caused mass extinctions
  
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  Stewart A. Davenport;
  
  Stewart A. Davenport
  
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  Thomas J. Wdowiak;
  
  Thomas J. Wdowiak
  
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  Daniel D. Jones;
  
  Daniel D. Jones
  
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  Patricia Wdowiak
  
  Patricia Wdowiak
  
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  https://doi.org/10.1130/SPE247-p71
  
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- Effects of global atmospheric perturbations on forest ecosystems in the Northern Temperate Zone; Predictions of seasonal depressed-temperature kill mechanisms, biomass production, and wildfire soot emissions
  
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  Richard W. Tinus;
  
  Richard W. Tinus
  
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  David J. Roddy
  
  David J. Roddy
  
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- A search for Nemesis; Current status and review of theory
  
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  S. Perlmutter;
  
  S. Perlmutter
  
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  R. A. Muller;
  
  R. A. Muller
  
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  C. R. Pennypacker;
  
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  C. K. Smith;
  
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  L. P. Wang;
  
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  S. White;
  
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  H. S. Yang
  
  H. S. Yang
  
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  https://doi.org/10.1130/SPE247-p87
  
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- Interdisciplinary aspects of research on impacts and mass extinctions; A personal view
  
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  Walter Alvarez
  
  Walter Alvarez
  
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Catastrophic Effects of Volcanism: Observations and Hypotheses
- Assessment of the atmospheric impact of volcanic eruptions
  
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  Haraldur Sigurdsson
  
  Haraldur Sigurdsson
  
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  https://doi.org/10.1130/SPE247-p99
  
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- Iridium and other trace-metal enrichments from Hawaiian volcanoes
  
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  D. L. Finnegan;
  
  D. L. Finnegan
  
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  T. L. Miller;
  
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  W. H. Zoller
  
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  https://doi.org/10.1130/SPE247-p111
  
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- Deccan volcanism, greenhouse warming, and the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary
  
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  Kenneth G. Caldeira;
  
  Kenneth G. Caldeira
  
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  Michael R. Rampino
  
  Michael R. Rampino
  
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  https://doi.org/10.1130/SPE247-p117
  
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- A paradigm for endogenous causation of mass extinctions
  
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  Kevin McCartney;
  
  Kevin McCartney
  
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  Alan R. Huffman;
  
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  Marian Tredoux
  
  Marian Tredoux
  
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  https://doi.org/10.1130/SPE247-p125
  
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- Explosive volcanism and associated pressures; Implications for models of endogenically shocked quartz
  
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  S. L. de Silva;
  
  S. L. de Silva
  
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  J. A. Wolff;
  
  J. A. Wolff
  
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  V. L. Sharpton
  
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  https://doi.org/10.1130/SPE247-p139
  
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Observations and Effects of Large-Scale Meteorite Impact
- Impact and its revolutionary implications for geology
  
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  Ursula B. Marvin
  
  Ursula B. Marvin
  
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  https://doi.org/10.1130/SPE247-p147
  
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- Asteroid and comet flux in the neighborhood of Earth
  
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  Eugene M. Shoemaker;
  
  Eugene M. Shoemaker
  
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  Ruth F. Wolfe;
  
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  Carolyn S. Shoemaker
  
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  https://doi.org/10.1130/SPE247-p155
  
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- The cometary impactor flux at the Earth
  
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  Paul R. Weissman
  
  Paul R. Weissman
  
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  https://doi.org/10.1130/SPE247-p171
  
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- Application of the inner Solar System cratering record to the Earth
  
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  Nadine G. Barlow
  
  Nadine G. Barlow
  
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  https://doi.org/10.1130/SPE247-p181
  
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- Search for the Tunguska event relics in the Antarctic snow and new estimation of the cosmic iridium accretion rate
  
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  Robert Rocchia;
  
  Robert Rocchia
  
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  Philippe Bonté;
  
  Philippe Bonté
  
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  Célestine Jéhanno;
  
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  Eric Robin;
  
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  Martine de Angelis;
  
  Martine de Angelis
  
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  Daniel Boclet
  
  Daniel Boclet
  
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  https://doi.org/10.1130/SPE247-p189
  
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- The formation of the Ries Crater, West Germany; Evidence of atmospheric interactions during a larger cratering event
  
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  Horton E. Newsom;
  
  Horton E. Newsom
  
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  Günther Graup;
  
  Günther Graup
  
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  David A. Iseri;
  
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  John W. Geissman;
  
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  Klaus Keil
  
  Klaus Keil
  
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  https://doi.org/10.1130/SPE247-p195
  
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- Geology, geophysics, and geochronology of the Manson impact structure
  
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  Jack B. Hartung;
  
  Jack B. Hartung
  
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  Michael J. Kunk;
  
  Michael J. Kunk
  
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  Raymond R. Anderson
  
  Raymond R. Anderson
  
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- Comets and extinctions; Cause and effect?
  
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  Lubomir F. Jansa;
  
  Lubomir F. Jansa
  
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  Marie-Pierre Aubry;
  
  Marie-Pierre Aubry
  
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  Felix M. Gradstein
  
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  https://doi.org/10.1130/SPE247-p223
  
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- The Kara/Ust-Kara twin impact structure; A large-scale impact event in the Late Cretaceous
  
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  Christian Koeberl;
  
  Christian Koeberl
  
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  Virgil L. Sharpton;
  
  Virgil L. Sharpton
  
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  T. Mark Harrison;
  
  T. Mark Harrison
  
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  David Sandwell;
  
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  A. V. Murali;
  
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  Kevin Burke
  
  Kevin Burke
  
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  https://doi.org/10.1130/SPE247-p233
  
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- Prolonged global catastrophes from oblique impacts
  
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  Peter H. Schultz;
  
  Peter H. Schultz
  
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  Donald E. Gault
  
  Donald E. Gault
  
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  https://doi.org/10.1130/SPE247-p239
  
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- Global environmental effects of impact-generated aerosols; Results from a general circulation model
  
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  Curt Covey;
  
  Curt Covey
  
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  Steven J. Ghan;
  
  Steven J. Ghan
  
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  John J. Walton;
  
  John J. Walton
  
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  Paul R. Weissman
  
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  https://doi.org/10.1130/SPE247-p263
  
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- Atmospheric chemistry by large impacts
  
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  Kevin J. Zahnle
  
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  https://doi.org/10.1130/SPE247-p271
  
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- Atmospheric erosion and impactor retention in large impacts, with application to mass extinctions
  
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  Ann M. Vickery;
  
  Ann M. Vickery
  
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  H. Jay Melosh
  
  H. Jay Melosh
  
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  https://doi.org/10.1130/SPE247-p289
  
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The K/T Boundary: The Geologic Record
- Meteorite impact, cryptoexplosion, and shock metamorphism; A perspective on the evidence at the K/T boundary
  
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  V. L. Sharpton;
  
  V. L. Sharpton
  
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  R.A.F. Grieve
  
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  https://doi.org/10.1130/SPE247-p301
  
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- Chemistry and mineralogy across the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary at DSDP Site 527, Walvis Ridge, South Atlantic Ocean
  
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  Alan R. Huffman;
  
  Alan R. Huffman
  
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  James H. Crocket;
  
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  Neville L. Carter;
  
  Neville L. Carter
  
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  Peter E. Borella;
  
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  Charles B. Officer
  
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  https://doi.org/10.1130/SPE247-p319
  
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- Shocked quartz and more; Impact signatures in Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary clays
  
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  Bruce F. Bohor
  
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- A closer look at cathodoluminescence of shocked quartz at the K/T boundary
  
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  Michael R. Owen;
  
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  Mark H. Anders;
  
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  April A. Barber;
  
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  Peter D. Condon;
  
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  Mark G. Haughton
  
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  https://doi.org/10.1130/SPE247-p343
  
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- Detritus in K/T boundary clays of western North America; Evidence against a single oceanic impact
  
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  V. L. Sharpton;
  
  V. L. Sharpton
  
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  Stanley M. Cisowski
  
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  Eric Doehne;
  
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  Stanley V. Margolis
  
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- Early environmental effects of the terminal Cretaceous impact
  
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- Major wildfires at the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary
  
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- Deccan volcanism at the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary; Data and inferences
  
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The K/T Boundary: The Biological Record
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  Peter Douglas Ward
  
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- Megafloral change across the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary in the northern Great Plains and Rocky Mountains, U.S.A.
  
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  Kirk R. Johnson;
  
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- Plant microfossil record of the terminal Cretaceous event in the western United States and Canada
  
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- Faunal, erosional, and CaCO₃ events in the early Tertiary eastern Tethys
  
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- Extinction pattern of Inoceramus (Bivalvia) based on shell fragment biostratigraphy
  
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- Rocks, resolution, and the record; A review of depositional constraints on fossil vertebrate assemblages at the terrestrial Cretaceous/Paleogene boundary, eastern Montana and western North Dakota
  
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- Effects of late Eocene impacts on planktic foraminifera
  
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- Geochronology of the terminal Eocene impacts; An update
  
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