Dynamic modeling suggests terrace zone asymmetry in the Chicxulub crater is caused by target heterogeneity

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 270, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 221-230

  Collins, Gareth S ^a   Morgan, Joanna ^a   Barton, Penny ^b   Christeson, Gail L ^c   Gulick, Sean ^c   Urrutia, Jaime ^d   Warner, Michael ^a   Wünnemann, Kai ^e  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^e HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chicxulub; crater asymmetry; dynamic modeling; impact angle

Indexed keywords

CRATER ASYMMETRY; CRATER FORMATION; IMPACT ANGLE; TERRACE ZONE;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DYNAMIC MODELS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

SEDIMENTS;

CRATER; MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SEISMIC DATA; WATER DEPTH;

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

EID: 44649194411     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.03.032     Document Type: Article

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