We find that the increases in 14C and 10 Be at the time of the Younger Dryas are consistent with the airburst of a long-period comet of the suggested mass, making this a plausible scenario.
Overholt & Melott 2013 Cosmogenic nuclide enhancement via deposition from long-period comets as a test of the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis
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