Two spinel populations from the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K/T) boundary clay layer in the Gams stratigraphic sequence, Eastern Alps

Russian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Grachev, A F ^a   Tselmovich, V A ^a   Korchagin, O A ^b   Kollmann, H A ^c  

^a SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

Eastern Alps; Impact; K T boundary; Spinel

Indexed keywords

EID: 47649102639     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16811208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2205/2007ES000297     Document Type: Article

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