Trace element concentrations in the Mexico-Belize ejecta layer: A link between the Chicxulub impact and the global Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1871-1882

  Wigforss Lange, Jane ^a   Vajda, Vivi ^a   Ocampo, Adriana ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

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EID: 41549141426     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2007.tb00546.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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