Chicxulub: The third dimension of a multi-ring impact basin

Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 407-410

  Morgan, Jo ^a   Warner, Mike ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FAULTING; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; SOLAR SYSTEM;

CHICXULUB IMPACT; CRUSTAL DEFORMATIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION; IMPACT CRATERS; NORMAL FAULTING; SEISMIC DATAS; SEISMIC REFLECTION DATA; TRANSIENT CAVITIES; CHICXULUB; IMPACT BASINS; LOWER CRUST; ME-XICO; MULTIRING; NEAR-SURFACE; THRUST FAULTS;

MORPHOLOGY; DEFORMATION;

CRATER; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; SEISMIC SURVEY; BASIN; DEFORMATION; FAULTING; LOWER CRUST; MOHO; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SOLAR SYSTEM; TERRACE; UPLIFT;

CHICXULUB CRATER; MEXICO; YUCATAN PENINSULA; MEXICO [MEXICO (NTN)]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 0032830497     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0407:CTTDOA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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