Surface expression of the Chicxulub crater

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 527-530

  Pope, Kevin O ^a   Ocampo, Adrians C ^b   Kinsland, Gary L ^c   Smith, Randy ^d  

^a Geo Eco Arc Research   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY;

CARBONATE SEDIMENTATIONS; CHICXULUB IMPACT; IMPACT BASINS; LATE TERTIARY; POST IMPACTS; SURFACE EXPRESSION; TOPOGRAPHIC DATA; TROUGH AND RIDGE; CENOZOIC; CHICXULUB; YUCATAN PENINSULA;

TOPOGRAPHY; GEOLOGY;

CARBONATE; CENOZOIC; CRATER; GEOMORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY; CAINOZOIC; CARBONATE SEDIMENTATION; CHICXULUB CRATER; IMPACT CRATER; MORPHOLOGY; RING FAULT; SURFACE EXPRESSION; TERTIARY;

BAY OF CAMPECHE; CHICXULUB CRATER; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; YUCATAN; MEXICO;

CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMISTRY; GEOLOGY; MEXICO; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NASA DISCIPLINE NUMBER 52-40; NON-NASA CENTER; SEDIMENT; SOIL;

NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NASA DISCIPLINE NUMBER 52-40; NON-NASA CENTER;

CARBONATES; EARTH (PLANET); EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGY; METEOROIDS; MEXICO; SOIL;

EID: 0029657735     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0527:SEOTCC>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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