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astro-ph2005★ 135 cited
Gamma-Ray Bursts and the Earth: Exploration of Atmospheric, Biological, Climatic and Biogeochemical Effects
Brian C. Thomas, Adrian L. Melott, Charles H. Jackman +7
Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) are likely to have made a number of significant impacts on the Earth during the last billion years. We have used a two-dimensional atmospheric model to inve…
astro-ph2005★ 37 cited
Climatic and Biogeochemical Effects of a Galactic Gamma-Ray Burst
Adrian L. Melott, Brian C. Thomas, Daniel P. Hogan +2
It is likely that one or more gamma-ray bursts within our galaxy have strongly irradiated the Earth in the last Gy. This produces significant atmospheric ionization and dissociatio…