TEM study of meteorite impact glass at New Zealand Cretaceous-Tertiary sites: Evidence for multiple impacts or differentiation during global circulation?

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 219, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 209-219

  Bauluz, Blanca ^a   Peacor, Donald R ^b   Hollis, Christopher J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Clays; Cretaceous Tertiary; Impact glass; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DISPERSAL; EJECTA; METEORITE; TEKTITE; TERTIARY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 1542644777     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(04)00011-1     Document Type: Article

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