Organic matter from the Chicxulub crater exacerbated the K-Pg impact winter

Organic matter from the Chicxulub crater exacerbated the K-Pg impact winter

An asteroid impact in the Yucatán Peninsula set off a sequence of events that led to the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) mass extinction of 76% species, including the nonavian dinosaurs. The impact hit a carbonate platform and released sulfate aerosols and dust into Earth's upper atmosphere, which...

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Main Authors: Lyons, S.L., Karp, A.T., Bralower, T.J., Grice, Kliti, Schaefer, Bettina, Gulick, S.P.S., Morgan, J.V., Freeman, K.H.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: NATL ACAD SCIENCES 2020
Subjects:
Science & Technology
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Science & Technology - Other Topics
Chicxulub impact crater
Cretaceous-Paleogene
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
impact winter
wildfires
POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC-HYDROCARBONS
CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY
ASTEROID IMPACT
CLIMATE-CHANGE
PALEOGENE BOUNDARY
THERMAL-RADIATION
GLOBAL WILDFIRES
EXTINCTION
SOOT
SEDIMENTS
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7568312/
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90120

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7568312/
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90120

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