The Extinction of the Inoceramidae and Campanian- Maastrichtian Paleoceanography

这项研究将探讨全球灭绝的 角蝇科 这项工作将集中在地层 两种蛤碎片在深海岩芯和深海体中的分布 陆地上的化石 此外，沉积学 观测将被用来试图限制可能的强迫 灭绝的机制。 Inoceramidae的主脉 灭绝似乎至少发生在200万年前 K/T边界事件。 因此，这项工作应提供 关于事件发生前的生态状况的信息， 导致地球上超过50%的物种灭绝。

This research will examine the global extinction of the Inoceramidae. The work will focus on the stratigraphic distribution of both clam fragments in deep sea cores and body fossils from land based sections. In addition, sedimentological observations will be used to try to constrain possible forcing mechanisms for the extinction. The major pulse of the Inoceramidae extinction seems to have occurred at least two million years prior to the K/T boundary event. This work, thus, should provide information regarding ecological conditions prior to an event which resulted in the extinction of over 50% of all species on earth.