AT-0241

Geological record and reconstruction of the late Pliocene impact of the Eltanin asteroid in the Southern Ocean

DOI · Academic research

verifiedRetraction / correction review1 usage record

Source record

This is one canonical bibliographic record with topic-scoped research-use entries. It does not reproduce the paper, book, text, dataset, image, or manuscript and does not imply that full text was reviewed.

Canonical source ID: AT-0241
Accepted usage IDs: AT-0241
Types: DOI
Roles: Academic research
Verification: verified
Archive state: unavailable-through-registered-public-or-tdm-routes
Access: unavailable-through-registered-public-or-tdm-routes
Rights: http://www.springer.com/tdm; not cleared
Public reproduction: Not cleared; citation and link only.
Correction / retraction: no retraction flag in checked Crossref/OpenAlex metadata

Recorded research uses

AT-0241

Eltanin Impact

Why Connected Atlas uses this citation here

Core sedimentological and geochemical reconstruction of the impact event

What this usage does not establish

Bibliographic verification does not by itself establish that the full text was read.

Topics citing it and claims using it

Topic citing this source

Eltanin Impact

Supporting citation for public claim

The Eltanin event, described as late Pliocene in older literature, is placed near 2.51 Ma in the Gelasian earliest Pleistocene under current formal chronology.

The core evidence is physical and scientific. The weak part is not the impact claim itself, but the attempt to connect it to much later human stories.

Open claim topic

Supporting citation for public claim

The evidence strongly supports a major extraterrestrial event in deep-ocean sediments.

Answer / theory: The evidence strongly supports a major extraterrestrial event in deep-ocean sediments. What supports it: Noble-metal enrichment, meteoritic material, microspherules, and disturbed sediment layers. What is weak or disputed: No confirmed crater has been found, so exact mechanics remain uncertain. Evidence level: Strong Evidence.

Open claim topic

Supporting citation for public claim

The Eltanin event is dated to about 2.51 Ma.

Answer / theory: No. The date is millions of years too early. What supports it: Eltanin is roughly 2.5 million years old, while the Younger Dryas began around 12,900 years ago. What is weak or disputed: The connection is a chronology error, not an open debate. Evidence level: Debunked or Very Unlikely.

Open claim topic

Supporting citation for public claim

Eltanin is reconstructed chiefly from deep-sea sedimentary and geochemical evidence; the absence of an identified crater leaves exact location and mechanics uncertain.

Answer / theory: Deep-ocean impacts may preserve differently than land impacts, so sediment evidence can matter even without a crater. What supports it: Eltanin's core evidence is geochemical and sedimentary. What is weak or disputed: Exact impact location and mechanics remain harder to reconstruct. Evidence level: Mixed Evidence for exact mechanics; Strong Evidence for extraterrestrial material.

Open claim topic

Supporting citation for public claim

Eltanin's sedimentary and geochemical evidence cannot by itself confirm another proposed ocean-impact structure.

Answer / theory: It helps as a comparison case, not as proof. Eltanin shows what stronger ocean-impact evidence looks like. What supports it: Eltanin has sediment-core and geochemical evidence, while Burckle relies more heavily on indirect claims. What is weak or disputed: Comparison does not confirm Burckle. Evidence level: Strong Evidence as comparison; Weak Evidence for extending it to other claims.

Open claim topic

Supporting citation for public claim

Eltanin is supported by noble-metal, meteoritic, and disturbed-sediment evidence, while exact impact mechanics remain constrained by modeling.

Answer / theory: It helps as a comparison case, not as proof. Eltanin shows what stronger ocean-impact evidence looks like. What supports it: Eltanin has sediment-core and geochemical evidence, while Burckle relies more heavily on indirect claims. What is weak or disputed: Comparison does not confirm Burckle. Evidence level: Strong Evidence as comparison; Weak Evidence for extending it to other claims.

Open claim topic

Access and actions

Geological record and reconstruction of the late Pliocene impact of the Eltanin asteroid in the Southern Ocean