Initial results of the UNAM scientific drilling program on the Chicxulub impact structure: Rock magnetic properties of UNAM-7 Tekax borehole

Geofisica Internacional

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 125-133

  Urrutia Fucugauchi, J ^a   Marín, Luis ^a   García, Alberto Trejo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chicxulub crater; Cretaceous Tertiary boundary; Drilling; Rock magnetic properties; Yucat n peninsula

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS/TERTIARY BOUNDARY; DEEP DRILLING; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; ROCK MAGNETISM;

MEXICO, YUCATAN, CHICXULUB CRATER;

EID: 0030466401     PISSN: 00167169     EISSN: 2954436X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22201/igeof.00167169p.1996.35.2.854     Document Type: Article

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