Fire dynamics following the K/Pg mass extinction informed by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and stable isotopes


Shelby L Lyons1, Timothy J Bralower2, Bettina Schaefer3, Kliti Grice3, Vivi Vajda4, Michael T Whalen5, Marco JL Coolen3, Joanna V Morgan6, Sean P S Gulick7,8, Katherine Freeman2 and expedition 364 scientists, (1)Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, University Park, PA, United States, (2)Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Geosciences, University Park, PA, United States, (3)Curtin University, WA Organic and Isotope Geochemistry Centre, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Perth, WA, Australia, (4)Swedish Museum of Natural History, Department of Palaeobiology, Stockholm, Sweden, (5)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (6)Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, (7)University of Texas, Institute for Geophysics, Austin, United States, (8)The University of Texas at Austin, Institute for Geophysics & Department of Geological Sciences, Austin, United States