Low energy deposition in the Chicxulub crater during the impact to post-impact transition

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 295, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 170-176

  Bahlburg, Heinrich ^a   Weiss, Robert ^b   Wünnemann, Kai ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chicxulub; Impact modeling; Impact tsunami; Sedimentology; Water return flow

Indexed keywords

CHICXULUB; CHICXULUB IMPACT; IMPACT MODELING; IMPACT TSUNAMI; RETURN FLOW;

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEAWATER; TSUNAMIS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BEDFORM; CRATER; CURRENT VELOCITY; EJECTA; GRAIN SIZE; IMPACT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER DEPTH;

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

EID: 77953025410     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.03.037     Document Type: Article

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