Chicxulub crater post-impact hydrothermal activity - evidence from Paleocene carbonates in the Santa Elena Borehole

Geofisica Internacional

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 97-106

  Escobar Sanchez, J E ^a   Urrutia Fucugauchi, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Carbonate sediments; Chicxulub crater; Hydrothermal systems; Impact craters; Mexico

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRATER; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; IMPACT STRUCTURE; PALEOCENE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

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

EID: 77950996639     PISSN: 00167169     EISSN: 2954436X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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