The Cretaceous-Tertiary catastrophic event at Millers Ferry, Alabama

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 307, Issue , 1996, Pages 263-277

  Olsson, Richard K ^a   Liu, Chengjie ^a   Van Fossen, Mickey ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; SAND; SEA LEVEL; TSUNAMIS;

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BOLIDE IMPACT; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; CHAOTIC LAYER; COARSE SANDS; MARINE BIOTA; NORMAL FAULTS; TSUNAMI WAVES;

LIMESTONE;

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; CRETACEOUS-PALEOGENE BOUNDARY; MAASTRICHTIAN; NORMAL FAULT; PRAIRIE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ALABAMA; BAY OF CAMPECHE; CHICXULUB CRATER; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MILLERS FERRY DAM; UNITED STATES; YUCATAN;

EID: 0013408362     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2307-8.263     Document Type: Article

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