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An independent evaluation of the Younger Dryas extraterrestrial impact hypothesis

Todd A. Surovell, Vance T. Holliday, Joseph A. M. Gingerich et al., 2009. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106(43), 18155–18158.

Analysed magnetic minerals and microspherules at seven sites of Younger Dryas age, two of them sampled by Firestone et al., and could not reproduce any of the 2007 results.

MYS0D51WZ1P63TH · mystery · click to copyMYounger Dryas impact hypothesisArticledoi: 10.1073/pnas.0907857106Checked against the original0

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The first independent replication attempt; evidence against the proxy claims.

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Surovell, T. A., Holliday, V. T., Gingerich, J. A. M., Ketron, C., Haynes, C. V., Hilman, I., Wagner, D. P., Johnson, E., & Claeys, P. (2009). An independent evaluation of the Younger Dryas extraterrestrial impact hypothesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106(43), 18155–18158. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0907857106
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