Aeromagnetic anomaly modeling of central zone structure and magnetic sources in the Chicxulub crater

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 179, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 127-138

  Ortiz Alemán, Carlos ^a   Urrutia Fucugauchi, Jaime ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aeromagnetic anomalies; Chicxulub impact crater; Impact lithologies; Mexico; Rock magnetism

Indexed keywords

AEROMAGNETIC ANOMALIES; AEROMAGNETIC DATA; ANALYTIC SIGNALS; APRIORI; CARBONATE UNITS; CENTRAL ZONE; CHICXULUB; CHICXULUB IMPACT; DEPTH DISTRIBUTION; DOMINANT CONTRIBUTIONS; FORWARD MODELING; FOUR-ORDER; HIGH AMPLITUDES; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MAGNETIC ANOMALIES; MAGNETIC CONFIGURATION; MAGNETIC FIELD DATA; MAGNETIC PROPERTY MEASUREMENTS; MAGNETIC SOURCES; ME-XICO; MELT SHEET; RADIAL DISTANCE; ROCK MAGNETISM; STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; THREE DIMENSIONS; UPLIFT ZONES;

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; ROCKS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

MAGNETISM;

AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY; AMPLITUDE; BRECCIA; CRATER; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; LITHOLOGY; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; UPLIFT;

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

EID: 77951090728     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2010.01.007     Document Type: Article

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