The Chicxulub impactor: comet or asteroid?

被引：6
作者：
Desch, Steve [1 ]
Jackson, Alan [1 ]
Noviello, Jessica [2 ]
Anbar, Ariel [1 ,3 ]
机构：
[1] Arizona State Univ, Sch Earth & Space Explorat, Tempe, AZ 85287 USA
[2] NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt, MD USA
[3] Arizona State Univ, Sch Mol Sci, Tempe, AZ 85287 USA
来源：
ASTRONOMY & GEOPHYSICS | 2021年 / 62卷 / 03期
关键词：
AMINO-ACIDS; METEORITE; EXTINCTION; SEDIMENTS; CRATER; EARTH;
D O I：
10.1093/astrogeo/atab069
中图分类号：
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号：
0704 ;
摘要：
Steve Desch, Alan Jackson, Jessica Noviello and Ariel Anbar assess the evidence for what type of object caused the end-Cretaceous extinction and suggest best practices for writing and reviewing inter-disciplinary papers © 2021 Royal Astronomical Society.
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页码：34 / 37
页数：4
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