Full waveform tomographic images of the peak ring at the Chicxulub impact crater

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Morgan, J V ^a   Warner, M R ^a   Collins, G S ^a   Grieve, R A F ^b   Christeson, G L ^c   Gulick, S P S ^c   Barton, P J ^d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRECCIA; CRATER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LITHOLOGY; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMOLOGY; TOPOGRAPHY; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

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

EID: 79959588982     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB008015     Document Type: Article

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