Influence of ancient solar-proton events on the evolution of life

Influence of ancient solar-proton events on the evolution of life

There is mounting evidence that past extinctions of faunal species have occurred in near coincidence with reversals in polarity of the geomagnetic field. Could the link lie in catastrophic depletions of stratospheric ozone caused by solar-proton irradiation over a reduced geomagnetic field?

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Veröffentlicht in:Nature (London) 1976-01, Vol.259 (5540), p.177-179
Hauptverfasser: Reid, G. C., Isaksen, I. S. A., Holzer, T. E., Crutzen, P. J.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:There is mounting evidence that past extinctions of faunal species have occurred in near coincidence with reversals in polarity of the geomagnetic field. Could the link lie in catastrophic depletions of stratospheric ozone caused by solar-proton irradiation over a reduced geomagnetic field?
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/259177a0