Chicxulub impact ejecta deposits in southern Quintana Roo, México, and central Belize

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 384, Issue , 2005, Pages 171-190

  Pope, Kevin O ^a   Ocampo, Adriana C ^b   Fischer, Alfred G ^c   Vega, Francisco J ^d   Ames, Doreen E ^e   King Jr , David T ^f   Fouke, Bruce W ^g   Wachtman, Richard J ^g   Kletetschka, Gunther ^h,i,j  

^a Geo Eco Arc Research   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^e GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^f AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^h CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^j NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

Belize; Chicxulub crater; Cretaceous tertiary boundary; Impact ejecta; Mexico

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; DEBRIS; DEPOSITS; GLASS; LANDFORMS; LIME;

BELIZE; CHICXULUB; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; IMPACT EJECTA; ME-XICO;

METEOR IMPACTS;

CARBONATE; CONGLOMERATE; CRATER; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; DIAMICTITE; EJECTA; KARST; LIMESTONE; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; TERTIARY;

ARMENIA [QUINDIO]; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF CAMPECHE; BELIZE [CENTRAL AMERICA]; CHICXULUB CRATER; COLOMBIA; GULF OF MEXICO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; QUINDIO; QUINTANA ROO; YUCATAN;

EID: 57049177749     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2384-1.171     Document Type: Article

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