Hydrothermal alteration in the core of the Yaxcopoil-1 borchole, Chicxulub impact structure, Mexico

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1199-1221

  Zürcher, Lukas ^a   Kring, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; IMPACT STRUCTURE; SEAWATER; TERTIARY;

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

EID: 3943110342     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2004.tb01137.x     Document Type: Article

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