Chromium-isotopes in Late Eocene impact spherules indicate a likely asteroid belt provenance

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 302, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 279-286

  Kyte, Frank T ^a   Shukolyukov, Alex ^b   Hildebrand, Alan R ^c   Lugmair, Guenter W ^b   Hanova, Jana ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asteroid; Cr isotopes; Eocene; Impact; Iridium; Spherules

Indexed keywords

ASTEROID BELT; BEST FIT; CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITES; CR-ISOTOPES; DUST DEPOSITION; EOCENE; EXPOSURE AGE; HIGH CONCENTRATION; IMPACT; IMPACT SPHERULES; IMPACTORS; INDIAN OCEAN; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LATE EOCENE; MULTIPLE IMPACT; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAMS; ORDINARY CHONDRITES; SPHERULES;

ASTEROIDS; CHROMIUM; DUST; IRIDIUM; ISOTOPES; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; PETROGRAPHY;

METEORITES;

ASTEROID; CHROMIUM; DEPOSITION; DUST; EOCENE; EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATTER; IRIDIUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; SPHERULE;

SPHERULES;

EID: 79251595967     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.12.006     Document Type: Article

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