TY - JOUR
T1 - Rapid short-term cooling following the Chicxulub impact at the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary
AU - Vellekoop, J.
AU - Sluijs, A.
AU - Smit, J.
AU - Schouten, S.
AU - Weijers, J.W.H.
AU - Damsté, J.S.S.
AU - Brinkhuis, H.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - The mass extinction at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary, ~66 Ma, is thought to be caused by the impact of an asteroid at Chic-xulub, present-day Mexico. Although the precise mechanisms that led to this mass extinction remain enigmatic, most postulated scenarios involve a short-lived global cooling, a so-called "impact winter" phase. Here we document a major decline in sea surface temperature during the first months to decades following the impact event, using TEX
AB - The mass extinction at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary, ~66 Ma, is thought to be caused by the impact of an asteroid at Chic-xulub, present-day Mexico. Although the precise mechanisms that led to this mass extinction remain enigmatic, most postulated scenarios involve a short-lived global cooling, a so-called "impact winter" phase. Here we document a major decline in sea surface temperature during the first months to decades following the impact event, using TEX
U2 - 10.1073/pnas.1319253111
DO - 10.1073/pnas.1319253111
M3 - Article
SN - 0027-8424
VL - 111
SP - 7537
EP - 7541
JO - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
IS - 21
ER -
