Magnetostratigraphy of the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary and early Paleocene sedimentary sequence from the Chicxulub Impact Crater

earth, planets and space

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1309-1314

  Rebolledo Vieyra, Mario ^a   Urrutia Fucugauchi, Jaime ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chicxulub Crater; Cretaceous Tertiary boundary; Gulf of Mexico; magnetostratigraphy; paleomagnetism

Indexed keywords

BRECCIA; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; DEPOSITION; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOCENE; PALEOMAGNETISM; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE;

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

EID: 33846072659     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352626     Document Type: Article

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