The Habitat of the Nascent Chicxulub Crater by T. J. Bralower, J. Cosmidis, M. S. Fantle, C. M. Lowery, B. H. Passey, S. P. S. Gulick, J. V. Morgan, V. Vajda, M. T. Whalen, A. Wittmann, N. Artemieva, K. Farley, S. Goderis, E. Hajek, P. J. Heaney, D. A. Kring, S. L. Lyons, C. Rasmussen, E. Sibert, F. J. Rodríguez Tovar, G. Turner‐Walker, J. C. Zachos, J. Carte, S. A. Chen, C. Cockell, M. Coolen, K. H. Freeman, J. Garber, M. Gonzalez, J. L. Gray, K. Grice, H. L. Jones, B. Schaefer, J. Smit, S. M. Tikoo

“…Abstract An expanded sedimentary section provides an opportunity to elucidate conditions in the nascent Chicxulub crater during the hours to millennia after the Cretaceous‐Paleogene (K‐Pg) boundary impact. …”
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The habitat of the nascent Chicxulub crater by Bralower, TJ, Cosmidis, J, Fantle, MS, Lowery, CM, Passey, BH, Gulick, SPS, Morgan, JV, Vajda, V, Whalen, MT, Wittmann, A, Artemieva, N, Farley, K, Goderis, S, Hajek, E, Heaney, PJ, Kring, DA, Lyons, SL, Rasmussen, C, Sibert, E, Rodríguez Tovar, FJ, Turner‐Walker, G, Zachos, JC, Carte, J, Chen, SA, Cockell, C, Coolen, M, Freeman, KH, Garber, J, Gonzalez, M, Gray, JL, Grice, K, Jones, HL, Schaefer, B, Smit, J, Tikoo, SM

“…An expanded sedimentary section provides an opportunity to elucidate conditions in the nascent Chicxulub crater during the hours to millennia after the Cretaceous‐Paleogene (K‐Pg) boundary impact. …”

Microbial life in the nascent Chicxulub crater by Schaefer, Bettina, Grice, Kliti, Coolen, Marco J.L., Summons, Roger E, Cui, Xingqian, Bauersachs, Thorsten, Schwark, Lorenz, Böttcher, Michael E., Bralower, Timothy J., Lyons, Shelby L., Freeman, Katherine H., Cockell, Charles S., Gulick, Sean P.S., Morgan, Joanna V., Whalen, Michael T., Lowery, Christopher M., Vajda, Vivi

“…The Chicxulub crater was formed by an asteroid impact at ca. 66 Ma. …”
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Seismic imaging and attribute analysis of Chicxulub Crater central sector, Yucatán Platform, Gulf of Mexico by I. CANALES-GARCÍA, J. URRUTIA-FUCUGAUCHI, E. AGUAYO-CAMARGO

Subjects: “…Chicxulub Crater…”
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Chicxulub crater post-impact hydrothermal activity – evidence from Paleocene carbonates in the Santa Elena borehole by J. E. Escobar-Sanchez, Jaime Urrutia-Fucugauchi

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Numerical Modeling of an Asteroid Impact on Earth: Matching Field Observations at the Chicxulub Crater Using the Distinct Element Method (DEM) by Tam N.-M. Duong, Billy Hernawan, Zenon Medina-Cetina, Jaime Urrutia Fucugauchi

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Whump, Slosh, Slosh, Slosh—Filling the Crater That Did in the Dinosaurs by Richard Norris

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Coast effect in magnetotelluric soundings over the Yucatán peninsula, Mexico by Oscar Campos-Enríquez, Jorge A. Arzate, Jaime Urrutia-Fucugauchi, Omar Delgado-Rodríguez

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A steeply-inclined trajectory for the Chicxulub impact by G. S. Collins, N. Patel, T. M. Davison, A. S. P. Rae, J. V. Morgan, S. P. S. Gulick, IODP-ICDP Expedition 364 Science Party, Third-Party Scientists

“…Based on asymmetries in the subsurface structure of the Chicxulub crater, the authors diagnose impact angle and direction and suggest a steeply inclined (60° to horizontal) impact from the northeast.…”
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GEOPHYSICAL EVIDENCE FOR AN IMPACT CRATER IN VICHADA, NORTHWESTERN SOUTH AMERICA AND ITS ECONOMIC POTENTIAL by Hernández Orlando, von Frese Ralph R.B., Khurama, S. Khurama, S.

“…The inferred impact crater is nearly one third the size of the Chicxulub Crater. It must have formed recently, in the last 30 m.a because it controls the path of the Vichada River. …”
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Chicxulubites: a New Class of Meteorites? by G. Cordero, A. Poveda

“…It is of interest, therefore, to ask the question: what fraction of the mass excavated from the Chicxulub crater was ejected with escape velocities as the result of the 100 million megaton explosion? …”
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Regional Hydrogeochemical Evolution of Groundwater in the Ring of Cenotes, Yucatán (Mexico): An Inverse Modelling Approach by Rosela Pérez-Ceballos, Cesar Canul-Macario, Roger Pacheco-Castro, Julia Pacheco-Ávila, Jorge Euán-Ávila, Martín Merino-Ibarra

“…The Ring of Cenotes (RC) extends along the edge of the Chicxulub crater, in the limestone platform of the Yucatan Peninsula (YP), where groundwater shows two preferential flow paths toward the coast near Celestun and Dzilam Bravo towns. …”
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The Chicxulub Impact Produced a Powerful Global Tsunami by Molly M. Range, Brian K. Arbic, Brandon C. Johnson, Theodore C. Moore, Vasily Titov, Alistair J. Adcroft, Joseph K. Ansong, Christopher J. Hollis, Jeroen Ritsema, Christopher R. Scotese, He Wang

“…Abstract The Chicxulub crater is the site of an asteroid impact linked with the Cretaceous‐Paleogene (K‐Pg) mass extinction at ∼66 Ma. …”
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Significance of Secondary Fe-Oxide and Fe-Sulfide Minerals in Upper Peak Ring Suevite from the Chicxulub Impact Structure by Christina M. Verhagen, Ji-In Jung, Sonia M. Tikoo, Axel Wittmann, David A. Kring, Stefanie Brachfeld, Laying Wu, Dale H. Burns, Sean P. S. Gulick

“…Some secondary Fe-sulfide grains are associated with Ni- and Co-rich phases, potentially reflecting the post-impact migration of siderophile elements within the suevite of the Chicxulub crater.…”
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Chicxulub museum, geosciences in Mexico, outreach and science communication – built from the crater up by J. Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J. Urrutia-Fucugauchi, L. Perez-Cruz, L. Perez-Cruz, L. Perez-Cruz, A. O. Urrutia, A. O. Urrutia

“…The <span class="inline-formula">∼200</span> km Chicxulub crater is the best preserved of three large terrestrial multi-ring impact structures, being a natural laboratory for investigating impact dynamics, crater formation and planetary evolution. …”
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Shaping of the Present-Day Deep Biosphere at Chicxulub by the Impact Catastrophe That Ended the Cretaceous by Charles S. Cockell, Bettina Schaefer, Cornelia Wuchter, Marco J. L. Coolen, Kliti Grice, Luzie Schnieders, Joanna V. Morgan, Sean P. S. Gulick, Sean P. S. Gulick, Sean P. S. Gulick, Axel Wittmann, Johanna Lofi, Gail L. Christeson, David A. Kring, Michael T. Whalen, Timothy J. Bralower, Gordon R. Osinski, Philippe Claeys, Pim Kaskes, Sietze J. de Graaff, Thomas Déhais, Steven Goderis, Natali Hernandez Becerra, Sophie Nixon, IODP-ICDP Expedition 364 Scientists

“…IODP-ICDP Expedition 364 drilled into the peak ring of the Chicxulub crater, México, allowing us to investigate the microbial communities within this structure. …”
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