Synchroneity of the K-T oceanic mass extinction and meteorite impact: Blake Nose, western North Atlantic

Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 419-422

  Norris, R D ^a   Huber, B T ^b   Self Trail, J ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; LIME; LIMESTONE; MICA; SILICATE MINERALS; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGY; IRIDIUM; OCEAN STRUCTURES; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; QUARTZ;

CALCAREOUS NANNOFOSSIL; CHICXULUB IMPACT; MASS EXTINCTION; METEORITE IMPACT; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAMS; PLANKTIC FORAMINIFERA; ROCK FRAGMENTS; SHOCKED QUARTZ; IMPACT EJECTA; IMPACT EVENTS; NORTH ATLANTIC; PALEOCENE; PALEOGENE; REANALYSIS; SMALL SPECIMEN;

METEOR IMPACTS;

CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; IMPACT; MASS EXTINCTION; METEORITE; SYNCHRONY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BOUNDARY; CRETACEOUS; IMPACT STRUCTURE; IRIDIUM; NANOFOSSIL; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PALEOGENE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SPHERULE; STRATOTYPE; TEKTITE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BLAKE NOSE; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); BLAKE PLATEAU;

FORAMINIFERA; SPHERULES;

EID: 0032865529     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0419:SOTKTO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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