Rare earth element composition as evidence of the precursor material of Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary sediments at distal sections

Chemical Geology

Volumn 232, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 1-11

  Martinez Ruiz, F ^a   Ortega Huertas, M ^b   Rivas, P ^c  

^a INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chicxulub; K T boundary; Rare earth elements; Spherules

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SPHERULE;

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

EID: 33746415305     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2006.02.013     Document Type: Article

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