The suevite of drill hole Yucatàn 6 in the Chicxulub impact crater

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1299-1317

  Claeys, Philippe ^a   Heuschkel, Sabine ^b   Lounejeva Baturina, Elena ^c   Sanchez Rubio, Gerardo ^c   Stöffler, Dieter ^d  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b ZERIN (Ctr for Ries Crater/Impact)   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRECCIA; CRATER; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; IMPACT STRUCTURE; SUEVITE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF CAMPECHE; CHICXULUB CRATER; GULF OF MEXICO; YUCATAN PENINSULA;

EID: 0742323356     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2003.tb00315.x     Document Type: Article

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