The nature of the KT impactor. A 54Cr reappraisal

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 241, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 780-788

  Trinquier, Anne ^a   Birck, Jean Louis ^a   Jean Allègre, Claude ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

54Cr; Carbonaceous; CM2; Impactor; KT boundary

Indexed keywords

CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITE; ISOTOPIC MEASUREMENTS; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES;

CHROMIUM; CLAY; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METEOR IMPACTS;

METEORITES;

BOLIDE; CHROMIUM; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION;

EID: 30844452470     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.11.006     Document Type: Article

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