A flashback on the dawn of the meteorite impact/extinction theory
Jan Smit
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 57 (4), 2012: 677-679 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4202/app.2011.0164
Presented are my personal recollections on some of the major contributions by the Alvarez groups to the birth and development of the meteorite impact/extinction theory.
Jan Smit [J.Smit@vu.nl], Department of Marine Geology and Sedimentology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, de Boelelaan 1085, NL−1081 HV Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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