The extinction of the mammoths

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type 01 Jun 1980 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:The Moon and the Planets, volume 22, pages 517-519 (issn: 0165-0807, eissn: 1573-0794,

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Authors: Elizabeth J. Butler; Fred Hoyle;

doi: 10.1007/bf00897290

The extinction of the mammoths

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Two kinds of blanket of fine grains in the Earth's upper atmosphere are possible: a blanket of reflective dielectric particles and one of absorbing metallic particles. The first is a trigger for the onset of an ice-age, and the second a trigger for the disappearance of an ice-age. The facts support the view that it was a blanket of absorptive particles which caused the extinction of the mammoths.

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