Shallow crustal structure of Chicxulub impact crater imaged with seismic, gravity and magnetotelluric data: Inferences about the central uplift

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 515-525

  Campos Enriquez J O ^a   Chavez Garcia F J ^a   Cruz, H ^a   Acosta Chang, J G ^b   Matsui, T ^c   Arzate, J A ^d   Unsworth, M J ^e   Ramos Lopez J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d CENTRO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bouguer gravity; Central structural high; Chicxulub impact crater; MT; Rayleigh wave dispersion; Sinkhole ring

Indexed keywords

BOUGUER ANOMALY; CRATER; GRAVITY SURVEY; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; SEISMIC SURVEY;

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

EID: 17044452938     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02243.x     Document Type: Article

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