Geological record and reconstruction of the late Pliocene impact of the Eltanin asteroid in the Southern Ocean

ISSN:
1476-4687
Source:
Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
Topics:
Biology
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Medicine
Natural Sciences in General
Physics
Notes:
[Auszug] In 1995, an expedition on board the research vessel FS Polarstern explored the impact site of the Eltanin asteroid in the Southern Ocean, the only known asteroidimpact into a deep ocean basin. Analyses of the geological record of the impact region place the event in the late Pliocene ...
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Electronic Resource
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