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ArticleNature2018

Rapid recovery of life at ground zero of the end-Cretaceous mass extinction.

Christopher M Lowery, Timothy J Bralower, Jeremy D Owens, Francisco J Rodríguez-Tovar, Heather Jones, Jan Smit, Michael T Whalen, Phillipe Claeys, Kenneth Farley, Sean P S Gulick and 28 more

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Article in Nature, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
21citing papers in PubMed
47.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 187 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

38 authors at 20 institutions in 12 countries.

Christopher M LoweryInstitute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA. cmlowery@utexas.edu.
Timothy J BralowerDepartment of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
Jeremy D OwensDepartment of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science and National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA.
Francisco J Rodríguez-TovarDepartamento de Estratigrafía y Paleontología, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain.
Heather JonesDepartment of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
Jan SmitFaculty of Earth and Life Sciences (FALW), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Michael T WhalenDepartment of Geosciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, USA.
Phillipe ClaeysAnalytical, Environmental and Geo-Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
Kenneth FarleyDivision of Geological and Planetary Sciences, MS 170-25, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
Sean P S GulickInstitute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.
Joanna V MorganDepartment of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Sophie GreenBritish Geological Survey, Edinburgh, UK.
Elise ChenotBiogéosciences Laboratory, Université de Bourgogne-Franche Comté, Dijon, France.
Gail L ChristesonInstitute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.
Charles S CockellUK Centre for Astrobiology, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Marco J L CoolenSchool of Earth and Planetary Sciences, WA-Organic and Isotope Geochemistry Centre (WA-OIGC), Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia.
Ludovic FerrièreNatural History Museum, Vienna, Austria.
Catalina GebhardtAlfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre of Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany.
Kazuhisa GotoInternational Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
David A KringLunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX, USA.
Johanna LofiGéosciences Montpellier, CNRS, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
Rubén Ocampo-TorresGroupe de Physico-Chimie de l´Atmosphère, L'Institut de Chimie et Procédés pour l'Énergie, l'Environnement et la Santé (ICPEES), Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
Ligia Perez-CruzInstituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma De México, Mexico City, Mexico.
Annemarie E PickersgillSchool of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
Michael H PoelchauDepartment of Geology, University of Freiburg, Frieburg, Germany.
Auriol S P RaeDepartment of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Cornelia RasmussenInstitute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.
Mario Rebolledo-VieyraIndependent consultant, Cancun, Mexico.
Ulrich RillerInstitut für Geologie, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
Honami SatoOcean Resources Research Center for Next Generation, Chiba Institute of Technology, Chiba, Japan.
Sonia M TikooEarth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
Naotaka TomiokaKochi Institute for Core Sample Research, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Kochi, Japan.
Jaime Urrutia-FucugauchiInstituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma De México, Mexico City, Mexico.
Johan VellekoopAnalytical, Environmental and Geo-Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
Axel WittmannLeRoy Eyring Center for Solid State Science, Physical Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
Long XiaoPlanetary Science Institute, School of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China.
Kosei E YamaguchiDepartment of Chemistry, Toho University, Chiba, Japan.
William ZylbermanCNRS, Institut pour la Recherche et le Développement, Aix Marseille University, Marseille, France.
The University of Texas at Austin · USImperial College London · GBPennsylvania State University · USUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México · MXVrije Universiteit Brussel · BEAix-Marseille Université · FRAlfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung · DEArizona State University · USBiogéosciences · FRBritish Geological Survey · GBCalifornia Institute of Technology · USChiba Institute of Technology · JPChina University of Geosciences · CNCurtin University · AUFlorida State University · USGéosciences Montpellier · FRInstitut de Chimie · FRInstituto Tecnológico de Cancún · MXJapan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology · JPLunar and Planetary Institute · US

Funding

NASA NNX16AJ60G
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Cretaceous/Palaeogene mass extinction eradicated 76% of species on Earth

Indexed as

BiodiversityExtinction, BiologicalLifeCalciumForaminiferaFossilsGulf of AmericaHistory, AncientMagnesiumOxygenPlanktonSample SizeSpecies SpecificityTime FactorsCalciumMagnesiumOxygen

Identifiers

PMID29849143
PMCPMC6058194
OpenAlexW2804889009

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