The survival of megafauna after the end-Pleistocene impact: a lesson from the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary

• Autorzy: Ruban Dmitry A.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Survival of Pleistocene megafauna after the hypothesized impact of a bolide during the latest Pleistocene seems to be partly island-centered, whereas the survival of dinosaurs and ammonites after the comparable catastrophe at the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary seems to have occurred in a fairly haphazard way within the areas affected by the impact. This poses some new questions about the possible mechanism behind the end-Pleistocene extinction, although it does not disprove an impact as a plausible cause.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

impact; survival; megafauna; Pleistocene; Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary

PL

wpływ; przeżywalność; plejstocen

• Wydawca: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza. Instytut Geologii
• Czasopismo: Geologos
• Rocznik: 2009
• Tom: Vol. 15, No. 2
• Strony: 129--132
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 19 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Ruban Dmitry A.

• Division of Mineralogy and Petrography, Geology and Geography Faculty, Southern Federal University, Zorge Street 40, Rostov-na-Donu, 344090, Russian Federation

Bibliografia

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu w ramach umowy 509/P-DUN/2018 ze środków MNiSW przeznaczonych na działalność upowszechniającą naukę (2019).