On the fate of carbonates and anhydrite in impact processes – evidence from the Chicxulub event

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Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 155-160

  Deutsch, Alexander ^a   Langenhorst, Falko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anhydrite; Carbonate; Chicxulub impact event; Degassing; Impact breccias; Impact melt rocks; Impact metamorphism; Suevites

Indexed keywords

ANHYDRITE; BRECCIA; CARBONATE; CRATERING; DEGASSING; IMPACT; METAMORPHISM; SILICATE MELT;

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

EID: 34547116853     PISSN: 11035897     EISSN: 20000863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11035890701292155     Document Type: Article

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