Osmium isotope constraints on the proportion of bolide component in Chicxulub impact melt rocks

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1003-1008

  Gelinas, A ^a   Kring, D A ^b   Zurcher, L ^b   Urrutia Fucugauchi, J ^c   Morton, O ^c   Walker, R J ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOLIDE; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; GEOCHEMISTRY; IMPACT STRUCTURE; IMPACTITE; OSMIUM ISOTOPE;

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

EID: 3943066309     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2004.tb00941.x     Document Type: Article

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