Diamonds from the iridium-rich K-T boundary layer at Arroyo el Mimbral, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1019-1022

  Hough, R M ^a   Gilmour, I ^a   Pillinger, C T ^a   Langenhorst, F ^b,e   Montanari, A ^c,d  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Osservatorio Geologico di Coldigioco   (Italy)

^d PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; GRAPHITE; IRIDIUM;

CARBON ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; CARBON SOURCE; CRYSTAL FORMS; HEATING EXPERIMENT; HEXAGONAL POLYMORPH; IMPACT CRATERS; VAPOR PLUMES; YUCATAN PENINSULA;

DIAMONDS;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CRATER; CRETACEOUS-PALEOGENE BOUNDARY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIAMOND; IRIDIUM; SPHERULE; CRETACEOUS/TERTIARY BOUNDARY; GRAPHITE; IMPACT; SHOCK METAMORPHISM;

BAY OF CAMPECHE; CHICXULUB CRATER; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; TAMAULIPAS; YUCATAN; ARROYO EL MIMBRAL; MEXICO; TAMAULIPAS STATE;

EID: 0031420834     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<1019:DFTIRK>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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