Trajectories and distribution of material ejected from the Chicxulub impact crater: Implications for postimpact wildfires

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 107, Issue 8, 2002, Pages

  Kring, David A ^a   Durda, Daniel D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chicxulub; Cretaceous Tertiary boundary; Fire; Impact cratering; Impact ejecta; K T boundary

Indexed keywords

CRATER; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; EJECTA; IMPACT STRUCTURE; TRAJECTORY; WILDFIRE;

CHICXULUB IMPACT CRATER; MEXICO; YUCATAN PENINSULA;

EID: 0037174062     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001je001532     Document Type: Article

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