Gerta Keller, Professor of Geosciences, Emeritus Volcanism, Impacts and Mass Extinctions

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Gerta Keller, Professor of Geosciences, Emeritus
Volcanism, Impacts and Mass Extinctions

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  • Research Topics
    • Deccan Volcanism and the KTB Mass Extinction
    • Global Effects of Deccan volcanism
    • Geochronology of Volcanic eruptions and Red Boles
    • Age of Chicxulub impact and relationship to the KTB mass extinction
    • Mass wasting in the North Atlantic not related to Chicxulub Impact
  • Chicxulub
    • Introduction to The Impact Controversy
    • 1. Chicxulub - The Non-Smoking Gun
    • 2. The Impact Controversary
    • 3. Haiti: Hunt for Confirmation of KTB Age
    • 4. Mexico: Impact-Tsunami to the Rescue
    • 5. Impact Crater Redux – Drilling 2000-2001
    • 6. Primary Impact Spherule Ejecta Discovered – El Penon, NE Mexico
    • 7. Chicxulub Impact and the KTB Mass Extinction
    • 8. The Pre-KTB Age of Chicxulub Impact — NE Mexico
    • 9. North Atlantic the Ultimate Proof? Aaahh the KTB Unconformity!
    • 10. The KTB in Texas — Chicxulub Confirmed Pre-KTB Age
    • 11. Conclusions – Based on 30 Years of Research
  • Deccan Volcanism
    • Introduction: Volcanism and Impact Hypotheses Collide
    • 1. Deccan Volcanism – An Adventure in Science
    • 2. Rajahmundry Quarries – First Direct Link to KTB
    • 3. Krishna-Godavari Basin – Pulsed Mega-Eruptions
    • 4. Mass Extinction and Deccan Mega-Eruptions
    • 5. Central India – Seaway & Dinosaur Nurseries
    • 6. Meghalaya, NE India – Deccan Catastrophe Strikes
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  • Awards and Recognitions
  • Publications
    • Cretaceous Anoxic Events
    • Deccan Volcanism and Mass Extinction
    • Mass Extinction KTB: Climate Change
    • Miscellaneous Events
    • Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum and Eocene Climate Events
    • Chicxulub Impact and Mass Extincetion

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  • Cretaceous Anoxic Events
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  • Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum and Eocene Climate Events
  • Chicxulub Impact and Mass Extincetion

Site 440: Japan Trench Midslope Terrace, Leg 57

Author
Roland von Huene, Gerta Kelle, Michael Arthur, Noriyuki Nasu, J. Barron, Gary Bell, Jean-Paul Cadet, Bobb Carson, Kantaro Fujioka, George Moore, Richard Reynolds, Shunji Sato, Bernard Shaffer
Publication Year
1980

Type

Report
Series Title
Initial Reports, Deep Sea Drilling Project
Document Number
v. 56 and 57
Pages
225-317
Contents
11 figures, 2 tables
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Professor of Geosciences, Emeritus
Department of Geosciences
Princeton University
Email: [email protected]

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