Revealing the mechanism that led to the K-Pg mass extinction

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Authors

Leonidas Brikiatis · Flint Institute Of Arts

Abstract

The asteroid impact that made the Chicxulub crater in Yucatan, Mexico, has been related to the mass extinction at the Cretaceous-Palaeogene boundary (K-Pg; ~66 Myr ago), which included the extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs. A prolonged “impact win

Topics & Keywords

Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions High-Energy Particle Collisions Research Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Climate action

Publication Details

DOI: 10.22541/essoar.177307746.61026647/v1

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