More evidence that the Chicxulub impact predates the K/T mass extinction

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1127-1144

  Keller, Gerta ^a   Adatte, Thierry ^b   Stinnesbeck, Wolfgang ^c   Stüben, Doris ^c   Berner, Zsolt ^c   Kramar, Utz ^c   Harting, Markus ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRECCIA; CHRONOLOGY; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MAASTRICHTIAN; MASS EXTINCTION; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA;

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

EID: 3943071839     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2004.tb01133.x     Document Type: Article

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