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Impact-related microspherules in Late Pleistocene Alaskan and Yukon “muck” deposits signify recurrent episodes of catastrophic emplacement

Large quantities of impact-related microspherules have been found in fine-grained sediments retained within seven out of nine, radiocarbon-dated, Late Pleistocene mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) and bison (Bison priscus) skull fragments. The well-preserved fossils were recovered from frozen “muck” d...

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Autores principales: Hagstrum, Jonathan T., Firestone, Richard B., West, Allen, Weaver, James C., Bunch, Ted E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5709379/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29192242
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-16958-2