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    The end-Cretaceous mass extinction event--Recovery and evolution of life

    Schaefer B 2021.pdf (7.152Mb)
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    Authors
    Schaefer, Bettina
    Date
    2021
    Supervisor
    Kliti Grice
    Marco Coolen
    Type
    Thesis
    Award
    PhD
    
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    Faculty
    Science and Engineering
    School
    School of Earth and Planetary Sciences
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/84789
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    Abstract

    The end-Cretaceous mass extinction is linked to an asteroid impact 66 Ma ago. Biomarker and stable isotopes are used to summarise the extinction event and the recovery of microbial life in the Chicxulub impact crater. First evidence of photosynthesis is observed 30,000 years after the impact. Additional, environmental 16S rRNA gene profiling revealed that the impact induced changes in the lithology 66 Ma ago are still shaping the microbial community in the deep subsurface today.

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