Chicxulub impact ejecta from Albion Island, Belize

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 170, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 351-364

  Pope, Kevin O ^a   Ocampo, Adriana C ^b   Fischer, Alfred G ^c   Alvarez, Walter ^d   Fouke, Bruce W ^e   Webster, Clyde L ^f   Vega, Francisco J ^g   Smit, Jan ^h   Fritsche, A Eugene ⁱ   Claeys, Philippe ^j  

^a Geo Eco Arc Research   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^f LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^h VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

ⁱ CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Belize; Chicxulub crater; Ejecta; Impact features

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CRATER; EJECTA; IMPACT STRUCTURE;

BELIZE; MEXICO;

EID: 0033618234     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00123-5     Document Type: Article

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