Yucatán karst features and the size of Chicxulub crater

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 1996, Pages

  Connors, Martin ^a   Hildebrand, Alan R ^b   Pilkington, Mark ^b   Ortiz Aleman, Carlos ^c   Chavez, Rene E ^c   Urrutia Fucugauchi, Jaime ^c   Graniel Castro, Eduardo ^d   Camara Zi, Alfredo ^d   Vasquez, Juan ^d   Halpenny, John F ^e  

^a ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^e Geomatics Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chicxulub; Gravity anomalies; Impact crater; Karst geomorphology; KT boundary

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS/TERTIARY BOUNDARY; DEFORMATION; FAULTING; GRAVITY ANOMALY; IMPACT CRATER; KARST; SINKHOLE;

MEXICO, YUCATAN STATE, CHICXULAB;

EID: 0030440280     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb04066.x     Document Type: Article

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