[meteorite-list] Impact Origin of Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) ?
Paul
etchplain at att.net
Tue Oct 4 18:31:48 EDT 2016
Glass bits, charcoal hint at 56-million-year-old space rock
Impact. Timing coincides with period of rapid warming
perhaps sparked by comet, Thomas Summer, Science News.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/glass-bits-charcoal-hint-56-million-year-old-space-rock-impact
Schaller, M.F., and others, 2016, Distal impact ejecta at
Paleocene-Eocene boundary sections on the Atlantic Margin.
Geological Society of America annual meeting, Denver,
September 27, 2016. Geological Society of America Abstracts
with Programs. Vol. 48, No. 7.
https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2016AM/webprogram/Paper286189.html
https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2016AM/webprogram/Session40161.html
Fung, M.K., and others, 2016, Widespread wildfires at the
Paleocene Eocene boundary: Evidence from abundant
charcoal preserved in the thick Marlboro Clay. Geological
Society of America annual meeting, Denver, September 27,
2016. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs.
Vol. 48, No. 7
https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2016AM/webprogram/Paper284983.html
https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2016AM/webprogram/Session40161.html
More papers at:
https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2016AM/webprogram/Session40161.html
Yours,
Paul H.
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