Analyses of shocked quartz at the global K-P boundary indicate an origin from a single, high-angle, oblique impact at Chicxulub

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 251, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 264-279

  Morgan, Joanna ^a   Lana, Cristiano ^a   Kearsley, Anton ^b   Coles, Barry ^a   Belcher, Claire ^c   Montanari, Sandro ^d   Díaz Martínez, Enrique ^e   Barbosa, Antonio ^f   Neumann, Virginio ^f  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Osservatorio Geologico di Coldigioco   (Italy)

^e INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chicxulub; Impact cratering; JOIDES Resolution; K P boundary; Leg 130 site 803D; Leg 198 site 1209; Leg 207 site 1258A; Leg 208 site 1262; Leg LL44 site GPC3; Obliquity of impact; Ocean Drilling Program; Shocked quartz

Indexed keywords

IMPACT CRATERING; OBLIQUITY OF IMPACT; SHOCKED QUARTZ;

CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; METEOR IMPACTS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SHOCK WAVES;

QUARTZ;

CRATER; CRETACEOUS; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MASS EXTINCTION; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PALEOCENE; QUARTZ;

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

EID: 33750496928     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.09.009     Document Type: Article

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