Size and morphology of the Chicxulub impact crater

Nature

Volumn 390, Issue 6659, 1997, Pages 472-476

  Morgan, Jo ^a   Warner, Mike ^a   Brittan, John ^a   Buffler, Richard ^b   Camargo, Antonio ^c   Christeson, Gail ^b   Denton, Paul ^d   Hildebrand, Alan ^e   Hobbs, Richard ^f   Macintyre, Hamish ^a   Mackenzie, Graeme ^d   Maguire, Peter ^d   Marin, Luis ^g   Nakamura, Yosio ^b   Pilkington, Mark ^e   Sharpton, Virgil ^h   Snyder, Dave ^f   Suarez, Gerardo ^g   Trejo, Alberto ^g  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^h LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATER MORPHOLOGY; CRETACEONS; CRETACEOUS/TERTIARY BOUNDARY; IMPACT CRATER; MASS EXTINCTION; MASS EXTINCTIONS; MORPHOLOGY; SUBMARINE FEATURES;

ASTRONOMY; GEOLOGY; MEXICO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOIL; TOPOGRAPHY;

MEXICO, YUCATON PENINSULA, CHICXULUB CRATER;

EID: 0031465957     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/37291     Document Type: Review

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