Joint IODP/ICDP Scientific Drilling of the Chicxulub Impact Crater
The Chicxulub impact crater in Mexico (Fig. 1) is unique in the terrestrial impact record. Its association with the Cretaceous–Paleocene (K-P) mass extinction has generated great interest, but the precise environmental effects and associated extinction mechanisms remain a matter of some debate over...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2007-03-01
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| Series: | Scientific Drilling |
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| Online Access: | http://www.iodp.org/images/stories/downloads/sd4_07.pdf#page=42 |