On Friday September 16 at 16h, Prof. Dr. Philippe Claeys (Vrije
Universiteit Brussel) talked about "The Impact of Impacts".
Professor Claeys is a geologist whose active research interests
include the bio-geo-evolution of the Earth, global changes,
rapid climatic changes and mass extinction events, effects of
asteroid and comet impacts on the global Earth system, isotope
geochemistry, stratigraphy/geochronology, sedimentology &
sedimentary petrography, and planetary science. He is currently
involved in some exciting research on the Chicxulub crater
(Yucatàn, Mexico).
See also: Homepage Prof. Dr. Claeys.