Importance of pre-impact crustal structure for the asymmetry of the Chicxulub impact crater

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 121-125

  Gulick, Sean P S ^a   Barton, Penny J ^b   Christeson, Gail L ^a   Morgan, Joanna V ^c   McDonald, Matthew ^c,f   Mendoza Cervantes, Keren ^d   Pearson, Zulmacristina F ^a,e   Surendra, Anusha ^b   Urrutia Fucugauchi, Jaime ^d   Vermeesch, Peggy M ^a,c   Warner, Mike R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

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EID: 65349170895     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo103     Document Type: Article

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