Near-K/T age of clastic deposits from Texas to Brazil: Impact, volcanism and/or sea-level lowstand?

Terra Nova

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 277-285

  Keller, Gerta ^a   Stinnesbeck, Wolfgang ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS/TERTIARY BOUNDARY; EUSTASY; IMPACT EVENT; SEA LEVEL LOWSTAND; TSUNAMI; VOLCANISM;

MEXICO; USA, TEXAS;

EID: 0030455062     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.1996.tb00757.x     Document Type: Article

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