Stratigraphy at ground zero: A contemporary evaluation of well data in the chicxulub impact basin

International Geology Review

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1145-1149

  Marín, Luis E ^a   Sharpton, Virgil L ^b   Fucugauchi, Jaime Urrutia ^a   Smit, Jan ^c   Sikora, Paul ^d   Carney, Chip ^d   Rebolledo Vieyra, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATER; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; IMPACT; MASS EXTINCTION; SHOCK METAMORPHISM; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

CHICXULUB CRATER; MEXICO; YUCATAN PENINSULA;

EID: 0035739621     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206810109465066     Document Type: Article

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