Preliminary results from a passive seismic array over the Chicxulub impact structure in Mexico

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 140, Issue , 1998, Pages 177-193

  Maguire, P K H ^a,d   Mackenzie, G D ^a   Denton, P ^a   Trejo, A ^b   Kind, R ^c   Morgan, J ^a,d   Warner, M ^a,d   Brittan, J ^a,d   Macintyre, H ^a   King, E ^b,e   Snyder, D ^f   Marin, L ^b   Suarez, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATER; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MASS EXTINCTION; SEISMIC SURVEY;

MEXICO;

MOHO;

EID: 0032321940     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.140.01.13     Document Type: Article

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