Magnetic mineralogy of the Yaxcopoil-1 core, Chicxulub

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 831-841

  Pilkington, Mark ^a   Ames, Doreen E ^a   Hildebrand, Alan R ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MAGNETIC MINERAL;

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

EID: 3943108811     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2004.tb00933.x     Document Type: Article

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