Numerical modeling of impact-induced hydrothermal activity at the Chicxulub crater

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 93-112

  Abramov, Oleg ^a,b   Kring, David A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; BOREHOLE; COOLING; CRATER; GRAVITY SURVEY; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; IMPACT; MAGNETIC SURVEY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; SEISMIC SURVEY;

EID: 33846436763     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2007.tb00220.x     Document Type: Article

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