Anatoly D. Erlykin
Mass extinctions over the last 500 myr: an astronomical cause?
Erlykin, Anatoly D.; Harper, David A.T.; Sloan, Terry; Wolfendale, Arnold W.
Authors
Professor David Harper david.harper@durham.ac.uk
Emeritus Professor
Terry Sloan
Arnold W. Wolfendale
Abstract
A Fourier analysis of the magnitudes and timing of the Phanerozoic mass extinctions (MEs) demonstrates that many of the periodicities claimed in other analyses are not statistically significant. Moreover we show that the periodicities associated with oscillations of the Solar System about the galactic plane are too irregular to give narrow peaks in the Fourier periodograms. This leads us to conclude that, apart from possibly a small number of major events, astronomical causes for MEs can largely be ruled out.
Citation
Erlykin, A. D., Harper, D. A., Sloan, T., & Wolfendale, A. W. (2017). Mass extinctions over the last 500 myr: an astronomical cause?. Palaeontology, 60(2), 159-167. https://doi.org/10.1111/pala.12283
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jan 19, 2017 |
Online Publication Date | Feb 13, 2017 |
Publication Date | Mar 1, 2017 |
Deposit Date | Mar 15, 2017 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 29, 2024 |
Journal | Palaeontology |
Print ISSN | 0031-0239 |
Electronic ISSN | 1475-4983 |
Publisher | Wiley |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 60 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 159-167 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1111/pala.12283 |
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This is the accepted version of the following article: Erlykin, Anatoly D. and Harper, David A. T. and Sloan, Terry and Wolfendale, Arnold W. (2017) 'Mass extinctions over the last 500 myr : an astronomical cause?', Palaeontology., 60 (2). pp. 159-167 which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/pala.12283. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.
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