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Title: Assessing event magnitude and target water depth for marine-target impacts: Ocean resurge deposits in the Chicxulub M0077A drill core compared
Award ID(s):
1737199
NSF-PAR ID:
10295284
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Volume:
564
Issue:
C
ISSN:
0012-821X
Page Range / eLocation ID:
116915
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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