Three-dimensional joint inversion of traveltime and gravity data across the chicxulub impact crater

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Vermeesch, P M ^d   Morgan, J V ^c   Christeson, G L ^b   Barton, P J ^a   Surendra, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; GRAVITY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LITHOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFRACTION; TRAVEL TIME;

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

EID: 66149160392     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB005776     Document Type: Article

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