Terrestrial impact cratering rate

DOI

The most significant periodicities in the terrestrial impact crater record are due to the "human-signal": the bias of assigning integer values for the crater ages. This bias seems to have eluded the proponents and opponents of real periodicity in the occurrence of these events, as well as the theorists searching for an extraterrestrial explanation for such periodicity. The "human-signal" should be seriously considered by scientists in astronomy, geology and paleontology when searching for a connection between terrestrial major comet or asteroid impacts and mass extinctions of species.

Identifier
DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.33219033
Source https://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/lp/custom/CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/321/L33
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Provenance
Creator Jetsu L.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 1997
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Representation
Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Physics; Solar System Astronomy