Título: Evidence for a major meteorite impact on Earth 34 million years ago; implication on the origin of North America tektites and Eocene extinction

Autor: Ganapathy, R.

Fuente: Special Paper - Geological Society of America, vol. 190 p. 513-516

Editor: Geological Society of America (GSA), Boulder, CO, United States

Evento: Conference on geological implications of impacts of large asteroids and comets on the Earth

Lugar y fecha del Evento: Snowbird, UT, United States, Oct. 19-22, 1981

Descriptores: Abundance; Atlantic Ocean; Biostratigraphy; Caribbean Sea; Causes; Cenozoic; Composition; Concepts; Effects; Ejecta; Eocene; Extinction; Geochemistry; Impacts; Invertebrata; Invertebrates; Iridium; Marine sediments; Metals; Meteorites; Microfossils; Microtektites; North America; North Atlantic; Ocean floors; Paleogene; Paleontology; Petrology; Platinum group; Protista; Radiolaria; Radiolarians; Sediments; Taxonomy; Tektites; Tertiary; Trace elements; Upper Eocene; Venezuelan Basin

Año: 1982

País de publicación: United States

Tipo de documento: Conferencia