The cretaceous-tertiary boundary on the pacific plate: Composition and distribution of impact debris

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 307, Issue , 1996, Pages 389-401

  Kyte, Frank T ^a   Bostwick, Jennifer A ^a   Zhou, Lei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; DEEPWATER DRILLING; GLASS; INFILL DRILLING; PYRITES; QUARTZ;

ABLATION DEBRIS; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ASYMMETRIC DISTRIBUTION; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; DEEP SEA DRILLING; MAGNESIOFERRITE; OCEAN DRILLINGS; PLANAR DEFORMATION;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

ABLATION; CRETACEOUS-PALEOGENE BOUNDARY; DEBRIS FLOW; FERRITE; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MAGNESITE; PACIFIC PLATE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY;

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

EID: 84870823560     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2307-8.389     Document Type: Article

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