Geological and archaeological implications of strontium isotope analysis of exposed bedrock in the Chicxulub crater basin, northwestern Yucatán, Mexico

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 723-726

  Gilli, Adrian ^a,b   Hodell, David A ^b,c   Kamenov, George D ^b   Brenner, Mark ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE; CARBONATE ROCK; CHICXULUB; CHICXULUB IMPACT; LATE MIOCENE; MANUFACTURED GOODS; ME-XICO; PLIOCENE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES;

ISOTOPES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

STRONTIUM;

ARCHAEOLOGY; BEDROCK; CARBONATE ROCK; CRATER; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LIMESTONE; MIOCENE; PLIOCENE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF CAMPECHE; CHICXULUB CRATER; GULF OF MEXICO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; YUCATAN; YUCATAN PENINSULA;

EID: 69649097569     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30098A.1     Document Type: Article

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