The Chicxulub impact event and its environmental consequences at the Cretaceous–Tertiary boundary

2007/06/18 by D. A. Kring, David A. Kring · 225 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science #Astrobiology #Astrophysics #Atmosphere (unit) #Boundary (topology) #Cretaceous #Earth science #Event (particle physics) #Extinction (optical mineralogy) #Extinction event #Geology #Geology and Paleoclimatology Research #Impact crater #Meteorology #Paleontology #Physics #Planetary Science and Exploration

paper · doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.02.037

published in Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology 255(1-2), 4-21 (Elsevier BV)

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Citations

• Chicxulub crater source for shocked zircon crystals from the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary layer, Saskatchewan: Evidence from new U-Pb data
• Energy, volatile production, and climatic effects of the Chicxulub Cretaceous/Tertiary impact
• Extraterrestrial Cause for the Cretaceous-Tertiary Extinction
• Generation and propagation of a tsunami from the Cretaceous-Tertiary impact event
• Phanerozoic Overview of Mass Extinction
• Mass Extinctions in the Marine Fossil Record
• The Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean
• Evidence for ocean water invasion into the Chicxulub crater at the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary

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• The extinction of the dinosaurs
• Organic matter from the Chicxulub crater exacerbated the K–Pg impact winter
• Biotic effects of the Chicxulub impact, K–T catastrophe and sea level change in Texas
• Rapid ocean acidification and protracted Earth system recovery followed the end-Cretaceous Chicxulub impact
• Knowledge gaps and missing links in understanding mass extinctions: Can mathematical modeling help?
• Resolving the age of the Puchezh-Katunki impact structure (Russia) against alteration and inherited 40Ar* – No link with extinctions
• The first day of the Cenozoic
• Isotopic evidence from a Brazos River (Texas, USA) Cretaceous/Paleogene boundary section consistent with a pulse of greenhouse warming shortly after the Chicxulub impact
• Dinosaur [wikipedia]