Seismic images of Chicxulub impact melt sheet and comparison with the Sudbury structure

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 465, Issue , 2010, Pages 103-113

  Barton, P J ^a   Grieve, R A F ^b   Morgan, J V ^c   Surendra, A T ^a,e,f   Vermeesch, P M ^b,e,f   Christeson, G L ^d   Gulick, S P S ^d   Warner, M R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHOLOGY; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VELOCITY;

CHICXULUB IMPACT; IMPACT STRUCTURES; NATURAL LABORATORIES; REFLECTIVE LAYERS; SAUCER-SHAPED SILLS; SEISMIC REFLECTION PROFILES; SUDBURY IGNEOUS COMPLEXES; VELOCITY INVERSION;

METEOR IMPACTS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRATERING; IMPACT STRUCTURE; PARTIAL MELTING; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF CAMPECHE; CANADA; CHICXULUB CRATER; GULF OF MEXICO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; ONTARIO [CANADA]; SUDBURY STRUCTURE; YUCATAN;

EID: 78650951364     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2010.2465(07)     Document Type: Article

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