[meteorite-list] Recent Papers Related to the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis

[Paul]

Two recent papers related to the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis are:

Woodman, N., and N. B. Athfiel, 2009, Post-Clovis survival of 
American Mastodon in the southern Great Lakes Region of North 
America. Quaternary Research. vol. 72, no. 3, pp. 359-363.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2009.06.009

One statement in the paper is:

"Previous study of relative numbers of preserved spores of 
the dung fungus Sporormiella, used as a proxy for megafaunal 
biomass, suggests that populations of large mammals were in 
steep decline in northeastern North America before the onset 
of the YDC."

Another paper in the same issue is:

Newby, P., J. Bradley, A. Spiess, B. Shuman, and P. Leduc,
2009, A Paleoindian response to Younger Dryas climate change.
Quaternary Science Reviews. vol. 24, no. 1-2, pp. 141-154.
doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2004.04.010 

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2004.04.010

Your,

Paul H.