Chicxulub impact ejecta from the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-P) boundary in northeastern México

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 384, Issue , 2005, Pages 191-221

  Schulte, Peter ^a,c   Kontny, Agnes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chicxulub impact; Cretaceous Paleogene boundary; Ejecta; K P; Mineral chemistry; Northeastern M xico; Petrography; Rock magnetic properties; Spherules

Indexed keywords

CARBONATION; DEPOSITS; FERTILIZERS; GEOMAGNETISM; HEMATITE; HYSTERESIS; LITHOLOGY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; METEORITES; PETROGRAPHY; SILICA; TEXTURES; WELDING;

CHICXULUB IMPACT; CRETACEOUS-PALEOGENE BOUNDARY; EJECTA; MINERAL CHEMISTRY; ROCK MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; SPHERULES;

METEOR IMPACTS;

ABUNDANCE; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CARBONATE; EJECTA; FUGACITY; GOETHITE; HEMATITE; HYSTERESIS; IMMISCIBILITY; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MINERAL; OXYGEN; PETROGRAPHY; WELDING;

MEXICO [MEXICO (NTN)]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

FORAMINIFERA; SPHERULES;

EID: 73949153227     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2384-1.191     Document Type: Article

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