Ejecta blanket deposits of the Chicxulub crater from Albion Island, Belize

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 307, Issue , 1996, Pages 75-88

  Ocampo, Adriana C ^a   Pope, Kevin O ^b   Fischer, Alfred G ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Geo Eco Arc Research   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; LIME; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; QUARTZ; SILT;

AUTHIGENIC; DEBRIS FLOWS; GULF COAST; INSOLUBLE RESIDUE; LATE CRETACEOUS; MULTIPLE SET; SPHERULE BEDS; VAPOR PLUMES;

DEPOSITS;

CRATER; DIAMICTITE; DOLOMITE; EJECTA;

BELIZE [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 84870808604     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2307-8.75     Document Type: Article

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