Stratigraphic and sedimentological observations from seismic data across the Chicxulub impact basin

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1089-1098

  Bell, C ^a   Morgan, J V ^a   Hampson, G J ^a   Trudgill, B ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN FILL; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; IMPACT STRUCTURE; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SEISMIC SURVEY;

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

EID: 3943056939     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2004.tb01130.x     Document Type: Article

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