Lateral lithological and compositional variations of the Cretaceous/Tertiary deep-sea tsunami deposits in northwestern Cuba

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 217-236

  Goto, Kazuhisa ^a   Tada, Ryuji ^a   Tajika, Eiichi ^a   Iturralde Vinent, Manuel A ^b   Matsui, Takafumi ^a   Yamamoto, Shinji ^a   Nakano, Yoichiro ^a   Oji, Tatsuo ^a   Kiyokawa, Shoichi ^c   García Delgado, Dora E ^d   Díaz Otero, Consuelo ^e   Rojas Consuegra, Reinaldo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Museo Nacional de Historia Natural   (Cuba)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Cuba)

^e Instituto de Geologia y Paleontologia La Habana   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Cretaceous Tertiary boundary; Cuba; Impact event; Pe alver Formation; Tsunami deposit

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; DEBRIS FLOW; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; DEPOSITION; GRAIN SIZE; LITHOLOGY; TSUNAMI;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES;

EID: 41149100680     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2007.04.004     Document Type: Article

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