Carbonate accretionary lapilli in distal deposits of the Chicxulub impact event

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 120, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 1105-1118

  Yancey, Thomas E ^a   Guillemette, Renald N ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accretionary lapilli; Chicxulub; Cretaceous Paleogene boundary; Impact spherules

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY LAPILLI; ACCRETIONARY LAPILLUS; CARBONATE CRYSTALS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHICXULUB; CHICXULUB IMPACTS; CRETACEOUS-PALEOGENE BOUNDARY; DISTAL DEPOSITS; GLASS SPHERULES; IMPACT PLUMES; IMPACT SPHERULES; ME-XICO; MICROFABRIC; NEW JERSEYS; PALEOGENE; RANGING; SOLID PARTICLES; SULFUR CONTENTS; VAPOR PLUMES;

CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CARBONATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; PETROGRAPHY; SULFUR; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

AGGLOMERATION;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CALCITE; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRETACEOUS; PALEOGENE; PETROGRAPHY; SPHERULE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF CAMPECHE; BRAZOS RIVER; CHICXULUB CRATER; GULF OF MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; YUCATAN PENINSULA;

SPHERULES;

EID: 54849442279     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26146.1     Document Type: Article

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