Ringed structural zones with deep roots formed by the Chicxulub impact

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B5, 1999, Pages 10743-10755

  Snyder, D B ^a,b   Hobbs, R W ^a   Britan, John ^c   Buffler, Richard ^d   Christeson, Gail ^d   Nakamura, Yosio ^d   Camargo, Antonio ^e   Denton, Paul ^f   Mackenzie, Graeme ^f   Maguire, Peter ^f   Hildebrand, Alan ^g   Macintyre, Hamish ^h   Morgan, Jo ^h   Warner, Mike ^h   Marín, Luís ⁱ   Suárez, Gerardo ⁱ   Trejo, Alberto ⁱ   Pilkington, Mark ^b   Sharpton, Virgil ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c PGS Tensor UK Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^h IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^j LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT; IMPACT STRUCTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CHICXULUB CRATER; MEXICO; YUCATAN PENINSULA;

EID: 0033541982     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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