Terrestrial effects of moderately nearby supernovae
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
2019-06-24 v1 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics
Biological Physics
Populations and Evolution
Abstract
Recent data indicate one or more moderately nearby supernovae in the early Pleistocene, with additional events likely in the Miocene. This has motivated more detailed computations, using new information about the nature of supernovae and the distances of these events to describe in more detail the sorts of effects that are indicated at the Earth. This short communication/review is designed to describe some of these effects so that they may possibly be related to changes in the biota around these times.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1712.02730,
title = {Terrestrial effects of moderately nearby supernovae},
author = {Adrian L. Melott and Brian C. Thomas},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1712.02730},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
2 figures; to be published in Lethaia