Slumping and a sandbar deposit at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in the El Tecolote section (northeastern Mexico): An impact-induced sediment gravity flow

Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 231-234

  Soria, Ana R ^a   Liesa, Carlos L ^a   Mata, Maria Pilar ^b   Arz, José A ^b,c   Alegret, Laia ^a   Arenillas, Ignacio ^a   Meléndez, Alfonso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Gravity flows; K T boundary; Mexico; Sand bars; Slumping

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035274879     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0231:SAASDA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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