The global stratigraphy of the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary impact ejecta

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue , 1999, Pages 75-113

  Smit, J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chicxulub crater; Cretaceous Tertiary boundary; Ejecta; Extinction; K T boundary; Microkrystites; Stratigraphy; Tektites

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; EJECTA; STRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 0033397846     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.earth.27.1.75     Document Type: Article

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