Synimpact-postimpact transition inside Chesapeake Bay crater

Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 995-998

  Poag, C Wylie ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breccia; Chesapeake Bay; Dead zone; Fallout; Impact; Microspherules

Indexed keywords

FALLOUT LAYERS;

CLAY; DEBRIS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PYRITES; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; SILT; STRATIGRAPHY;

GEOLOGY;

BRECCIA; CRATER; EOCENE; FALLOUT; IMPACT STRUCTURE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036861383     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<0995:SPTICB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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