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dc.contributor.authorSchaefer, Bettina
dc.contributor.supervisorKliti Griceen_US
dc.contributor.supervisorMarco Coolenen_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-27T01:54:41Z
dc.date.available2021-07-27T01:54:41Z
dc.date.issued2021en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/84789
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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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dc.publisherCurtin Universityen_US
dc.titleThe end-Cretaceous mass extinction event--Recovery and evolution of lifeen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dcterms.educationLevelPhDen_US
curtin.departmentSchool of Earth and Planetary Sciencesen_US
curtin.accessStatusOpen accessen_US
curtin.facultyScience and Engineeringen_US
curtin.contributor.orcidSchaefer, Bettina [0000-0002-4479-6245]en_US


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