Chicxulub impact winter sustained by fine silicate dust

CB Senel, P Kaskes, O Temel, J Vellekoop… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The Chicxulub impact is thought to have triggered a global winter at the Cretaceous-
Palaeogene (K-Pg) boundary 66 million years ago. Yet the climatic consequences of the …

Pre-Cenozoic cyclostratigraphy and palaeoclimate responses to astronomical forcing

D De Vleeschouwer, LME Percival… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2024 - nature.com
Astronomical insolation forcing is well established as the underlying metronome of
Quaternary ice ages and Cenozoic climate changes. Yet its effects on earlier eras …

Geologic, geomorphic, tectonic, and paleoclimatic controls on the distribution and preservation of Chicxulub distal ejecta: A global perspective

S James, SR Chandran, J Aswathi, D Padmakumar… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Cretaceous-Paleogene Boundary (KPB), the only known global impact ejecta
layer, resulted from the 66 million years ago Chicxulub Impact Event. KPB is well …

[HTML][HTML] Destructive potential of planetary meteotsunami waves beyond the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha 'apai volcano eruption

C Denamiel, S Vasylkevych, N Žagar… - Bulletin of the …, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
Worldwide tsunamis driven by atmospheric waves—or planetary meteotsunami waves—are
extremely rare events. They mostly occur during supervolcano explosions or asteroid …

Impact-induced initiation of Snowball Earth: A model study

M Fu, DS Abbot, C Koeberl, A Fedorov - Science Advances, 2024 - science.org
During the Neoproterozoic and Paleoproterozoic eras, geological evidence points to several
“Snowball Earth” episodes when most of Earth's surface was covered in ice. These global …

New records of Theropoda from a Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian) locality in the Magallanes-Austral Basin, Patagonia, and insights into end Cretaceous …

SN Davis, S Soto-Acuña, RA Fernández… - Journal of South …, 2023 - Elsevier
The end Cretaceous mass extinction was marked by a dramatic change in biodiversity, and
the extinction of all non-avian dinosaurs. To understand the diversity of dinosaur clades prior …

Mercury contents and isotope ratios in marine and terrestrial archives across the Cretaceous/Paleocene boundary

S Li, SE Grasby, Y Xing, EA Jarzembowski… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mercury (Hg) records in marine and terrestrial archives across the Cretaceous/Paleocene
(K/Pg) boundary were examined as a proxy for Deccan Large Igneous Province (LIP) …

Fern macroflora identified in the basal Danian of the Raton formation supports palynological signal of a widespread “postdisaster” fern flora

K Berry - International Journal of Plant Sciences, 2023 - journals.uchicago.edu
Premise of research. From a purely palynological perspective, lowest Danian fern-
dominated assemblages of the Williston Basin (North Dakota and southwestern …

Biogeography of Greater Antillean freshwater fishes, with a review of competing hypotheses

Y Massip‐Veloso, CW Hoagstrom… - Biological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In biogeography, vicariance and long‐distance dispersal are often characterised as
competing scenarios. However, they are related concepts, both relying on collective …

[HTML][HTML] 小行星撞击地球危害评估研究进展

党雷宁, 白智勇, 石义雷, 黄洁 - 力学进展, 2024 - lxjz.cstam.org.cn
小行星撞击地球是人类生存和发展的潜在威胁之一. 行星防御是国际上近20
年来兴起的热点研究领域, 也是我国重大安全需求. 小行星撞击地球危害评估是行星防御重要 …