Size and structure of the Chicxulub crater revealed by horizontal gravity gradients and cenotes

Nature

Volumn 376, Issue 6539, 1995, Pages 415-417

  Hildebrand, A R ^a   Pilkington, M ^a   Connors, M ^b   Ortiz Aleman, C ^c   Chavez, R E ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

CENOTE; CHICXULUB CRATER; CRATER SIZE; CRETACEOUS; GRAVITY ANOMALY; IMPACT; SINKHOLE;

CRETACEOUS; ENVIRONMENT; GRAVITY; MEXICO;

MEXICO, YUCATAN;

EID: 0029478101     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/376415a0     Document Type: Article

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