Occam and Bostick 1-D inversion of magnetotelluric soundings in the Chicxulub Impact Crater, Yucatán, Mexico

Geofisica Internacional

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 271-283

  Delgado Rodríguez, Omar ^a,b   Campos Enríquez, Oscar ^a   Urrutia Fucugauchi, Jaime ^a   Arzate, Jorge A ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

^c CENTRO DE FÍSICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGÍA AVANZADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

1 D inversion; Cenote ring; Chicxulub impact crater; Magnetotelluric soundings

Indexed keywords

IMPACT STRUCTURE; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD;

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

EID: 3943082131     PISSN: 00167169     EISSN: 2954436X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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