A sediment gravity flow hypothesis for siliciclastic units at the K/T boundary, northeastern Mexico

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 307, Issue , 1996, Pages 183-195

  Bohor, Bruce F ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; FERTILIZERS; FLUIDIZATION; TSUNAMIS;

ASTEROID IMPACT; DEEP WATER; GRAVITY CURRENTS; IMPACT EVENTS; IMPACT SPHERULES; SEDIMENT GRAVITY FLOW; SEISMIC DISTURBANCES; SOURCE AREA;

SEDIMENTS;

ASTEROID; CRETACEOUS-PALEOGENE BOUNDARY; DEEP WATER; GRAVITY FLOW; SEAFLOOR; SEISMIC METHOD; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; TSUNAMI; TURBIDITE; TURBIDITY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; SIERRA MADRE [MEXICO]; YUCATAN PENINSULA;

EID: 84870773172     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2307-8.183     Document Type: Article

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