The Chicxulub impact event and its environmental consequences at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 255, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 4-21

  Kring, David A ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Chicxulub; Cretaceous; Extinction; Impacts; Palaeoecology; Tertiary

Indexed keywords

CRATER; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; GEOCHEMISTRY; MASS EXTINCTION; PALEOECOLOGY; PETROLOGY; PLANETARY EVOLUTION; STRATIGRAPHY;

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

EID: 34948856485     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.02.037     Document Type: Article

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