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... . Recently, the study of marine K/T sections in northern and southern high latitudes has revealed no significant species extinctions and the survival of nearly all species well into the Tertiary, which indicates that the effects of the K/T mass extinction may have been limited to lower latitudes (Keller, 1993; Keller et al., 1993~.
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  • mass extinction
  • cretaceous species
  • species extinctions
  • planktic foraminiferal
  • oxygen isotope

  • planktic foraminifera
  • bolide impact
  • drilling program
  • environmental changes
  • foraminiferal species

  • marine microplankton
  • ocean drilling
  • antarctic ocean


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