Environmental Consequences of Impact Cratering Events as a Function of Ambient Conditions on Earth

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Jan 2003

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003asbio...3..133k&link_type=abstract

Astrobiology, Volume 3, Issue 1, pp. 133-152.

Biology

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The end of the Mesozoic Era is defined by a dramatic floral and faunal turnover that has been linked with the Chicxulub impact event, thus leading to the realization that impact cratering can affect both the geologic and biologic evolution of Earth. However, the environmental consequences of an impact event and any subsequent biological effects rely on several factors, including the ambient environmental conditions and the extant ecosystem structures at the time of impact. Some of the severest environmental perturbations of the Chicxulub impact event would not have been significant in some periods of Earth history. Consequently, the environmental and biological effects of an impact event must be evaluated in the context in which it occurs.

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