Platinum Group Element Evidence for a Giant Impact Just Prior to the End Triassic Extinction (eastern North America and Morocco)
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Page 67 PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT EVIDENCE FOR A GIANT IMPACT JUST PRIOR TO THE END TRIASSIC EXTINCTION (EASTERN NORTH AMERICA AND MOROCCO). P. E. Olsen, M. EtTouhami, S. Hemming, E. T. Rasbury, S. L. Goldstein, D. V. Kent, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, New York 10968 USA ([email protected]), Département des Sciences de la Terre, Université Mohamed Premier 60,000 Oujda, Morocco, Department of Geosciences Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794 USA, Department of Geological Sciences, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08554 USA.
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