Stratigraphy of the basal Paleocene carbonate sequence and the impact breccia-carbonate contact in the Chicxulub crater: Stable isotope study of the Santa Elena borehole rocks

International Geology Review

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 75-83

  Urrutia Fucugauchi, Jaime ^a   Perez Cruz, Ligia ^a   Morales Puente, Pedro ^a   Escobar Sánchez, J Elia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CRATER; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCENE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; STABLE ISOTOPE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

EID: 38849115739     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.50.1.75     Document Type: Article

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