Late cretaceous and paroxysmal cretaceous/tertiary extinctions

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Mar 1987

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987natur.326..143o&link_type=abstract

Nature (ISSN 0028-0836), vol. 326, March 12, 1987, p. 143-149.

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89

Extinction, Geochronology, Volcanology, Acid Rain, Atmospheric Temperature, Iridium, Ocean Surface, Ozone Depletion, Ozonosphere, Solar Radiation

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The various geological signatures at Cretaceous/Tertiary time including iridium and other associated elements, microspherules, and shock deformation features are compatible with the suggestion that the transition is marked by a period of intense volcanism. The volatile emissions from this volcanism would lead to acid rain, reduction in the alkalinity and pH of the surface ocean, global atmospheric temperature changes, and ozone layer depletion. These environmental effects coupled with those related to the major sea level regression of the late Cretaceous provide the framework for an explanation of the selective nature of the observed extinction record.

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