The Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-P) boundary at Brazos, Texas: sequence stratigraphy, depositional events and the Chicxulub impact

Two cores from Brazos, Texas, spanning the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-P) boundary, are investigated by a multidisciplinary approach aiming at unraveling environmental changes and sequence stratigraphic setting. In addition, the sedimentology of the K-P event deposit and its correlation with the K-P bou...

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Hauptverfasser: Schulte, Peter (VerfasserIn) , Speijer, Robert (VerfasserIn) , Mai, Hartmut (VerfasserIn) , Kontny, Agnes (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2006
In: Sedimentary geology
Year: 2005, Jahrgang: 184, Heft: 1, Pages: 77-109
ISSN:0037-0738
DOI:10.1016/j.sedgeo.2005.09.021
Online-Zugang:Verlag, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2005.09.021
Verlag: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0037073805003301
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Verfasserangaben:Peter Schulte, Robert Speijer, Hartmut Mai, Agnes Kontny

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