Trajectories of ballistic ejecta from the Chicxulub Crater

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 307, Issue , 1996, Pages 141-150

  Alvarez, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALLISTICS; DEBRIS; ORBITS;

BALLISTIC TRAJECTORIES; CHICXULUB; EARTH'S ROTATION; ELEVATION ANGLE; ELLIPTICAL ORBITS; ESCAPE VELOCITIES; ROTATIONAL VELOCITY; SHOCKED QUARTZ;

VELOCITY;

EARTH ROTATION; IRIDIUM; QUARTZ; TEKTITE;

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

EID: 84870811754     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2307-8.141     Document Type: Article

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