Structural uplift beneath the Chicxulub impact structure

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Vermeesch, Peggy M ^a,b   Morgan, Joanna V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; IMPACT STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UPLIFT;

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

EID: 51449103848     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005393     Document Type: Article

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