Retraction Note: A Tunguska sized airburst destroyed Tall el-Hammam a Middle Bronze Age city in the Jordan Valley near the Dead Sea

Ted E. Bunch, Malcolm A. LeCompte, A. Victor Adedeji, James H. Wittke, T. David Burleigh, Robert E. Hermes, Charles Mooney, Dale Batchelor, Wendy S. Wolbach, Joel Kathan, Gunther Kletetschka, Mark C. L. Patterson, Edward C. Swindel, Timothy Witwer, George A. Howard, Siddhartha Mitra, Christopher R. Moore, Kurt Langworthy, James P. Kennett, Allen West, Phillip J. Silvia

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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-99265-5
Published: 2025-04-24
Container: Scientific Reports
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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@article{allodium:10.1038/s41598-025-99265-5,
  title = {Retraction Note: A Tunguska sized airburst destroyed Tall el-Hammam a Middle Bronze Age city in the Jordan Valley near the Dead Sea},
  author = {Ted E. Bunch and Malcolm A. LeCompte and A. Victor Adedeji and James H. Wittke and T. David Burleigh and Robert E. Hermes and Charles Mooney and Dale Batchelor and Wendy S. Wolbach and Joel Kathan and Gunther Kletetschka and Mark C. L. Patterson and Edward C. Swindel and Timothy Witwer and George A. Howard and Siddhartha Mitra and Christopher R. Moore and Kurt Langworthy and James P. Kennett and Allen West and Phillip J. Silvia},
  year = {2025},
  journal = {Scientific Reports},
  doi = {10.1038/s41598-025-99265-5},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-99265-5}
}

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TI  - Retraction Note: A Tunguska sized airburst destroyed Tall el-Hammam a Middle Bronze Age city in the Jordan Valley near the Dead Sea
AU  - Ted E. Bunch
AU  - Malcolm A. LeCompte
AU  - A. Victor Adedeji
AU  - James H. Wittke
AU  - T. David Burleigh
AU  - Robert E. Hermes
AU  - Charles Mooney
AU  - Dale Batchelor
AU  - Wendy S. Wolbach
AU  - Joel Kathan
AU  - Gunther Kletetschka
AU  - Mark C. L. Patterson
AU  - Edward C. Swindel
AU  - Timothy Witwer
AU  - George A. Howard
AU  - Siddhartha Mitra
AU  - Christopher R. Moore
AU  - Kurt Langworthy
AU  - James P. Kennett
AU  - Allen West
AU  - Phillip J. Silvia
PY  - 2025
JO  - Scientific Reports
DO  - 10.1038/s41598-025-99265-5
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Bunch, T. E., LeCompte, M. A., Adedeji, A. V., Wittke, J. H., Burleigh, T. D., Hermes, R. E., Mooney, C., Batchelor, D., Wolbach, W. S., Kathan, J., Kletetschka, G., Patterson, M. C. L., Swindel, E. C., Witwer, T., Howard, G. A., Mitra, S., Moore, C. R., Langworthy, K., Kennett, J. P., West, A., & Silvia, P. J. (2025). Retraction Note: A Tunguska sized airburst destroyed Tall el-Hammam a Middle Bronze Age city in the Jordan Valley near the Dead Sea. Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-99265-5

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