Spaceborne imaging radar-C (SIR-C) observations of groundwater discharge and wetlands associated with the Chicxulub impact crater, northwestern Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 403-416

  Pope, K O ^a   Rejmankova, E ^a   Paris, J F ^a  

^a Geo Eco Arc Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Chicxulub crater; Coastal environment; Groundwater; Radar; Remote sensing; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FLOODS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE-BASED RADAR; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WETLANDS;

CHICXULUB; COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; GROUND WATER DISCHARGE; HIGH PERMEABILITY ZONE; POLARIMETRIC RADARS; WET AND DRY SEASONS; YUCATAN PENINSULA;

RADAR IMAGING;

CRATER; DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER; REMOTE SENSING; SIR; WETLAND;

CHICXULUB CRATER; MEXICO; YUCATAN PENINSULA;

EID: 0035263450     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2001)113<0403:SIRCSC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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