The Chicxulub asteroid impact and mass extinction at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary

P Schulte, L Alegret, I Arenillas, JA Arz, PJ Barton… - Science, 2010 - science.org
The Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary~ 65.5 million years ago marks one of the three largest
mass extinctions in the past 500 million years. The extinction event coincided with a large …

[HTML][HTML] The landslide problem

G Shanmugam, Y Wang - Journal of Palaeogeography, 2015 - Elsevier
The synonymous use of the general term “landslide”, with a built-in reference to a sliding
motion, for all varieties of mass-transport deposits (MTD), which include slides, slumps …

[HTML][HTML] On the causes of mass extinctions

DPG Bond, SE Grasby - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2017 - Elsevier
The temporal link between large igneous province (LIP) eruptions and at least half of the
major extinctions of the Phanerozoic implies that large scale volcanism is the main driver of …

Earth's impact events through geologic time: a list of recommended ages for terrestrial impact structures and deposits

M Schmieder, DA Kring - Astrobiology, 2020 - liebertpub.com
This article presents a current (as of September 2019) list of recommended ages for proven
terrestrial impact structures (n= 200) and deposits (n= 46) sourced from the primary …

Globally distributed iridium layer preserved within the Chicxulub impact structure

S Goderis, H Sato, L Ferrière, B Schmitz, D Burney… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
The Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) mass extinction is marked globally by elevated
concentrations of iridium, emplaced by a hypervelocity impact event 66 million years ago …

Tsunami deposits in the geological record

AG Dawson, I Stewart - Sedimentary Geology, 2007 - Elsevier
A review is presented here of tsunami deposits in the geological record. It begins with a
discussion of the relationships between the processes of tsunami generation and …

Rapid short-term cooling following the Chicxulub impact at the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary

J Vellekoop, A Sluijs, J Smit… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
The mass extinction at the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary,∼ 66 Ma, is thought to be
caused by the impact of an asteroid at Chicxulub, present-day Mexico. Although the precise …

[HTML][HTML] Submarine fans: a critical retrospective (1950–2015)

G Shanmugam - Journal of Palaeogeography, 2016 - Elsevier
When we look back the contributions on submarine fans during the past 65 years (1950–
2015), the empirical data on 21 modern submarine fans and 10 ancient deep-water systems …

[HTML][HTML] Global case studies of soft-sediment deformation structures (SSDS): Definitions, classifications, advances, origins, and problems

G Shanmugam - Journal of Palaeogeography, 2017 - Elsevier
Soft-sediment deformation structures (SSDS) have been the focus of attention for over 150
years. Existing unconstrained definitions allow one to classify a wide range of features under …

Triggering of the largest Deccan eruptions by the Chicxulub impact

MA Richards, W Alvarez, S Self, L Karlstrom… - …, 2015 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
New constraints on the timing of the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction and the
Chicxulub impact, together with a particularly voluminous and apparently brief eruptive …