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Oil exploration in the Southern Gulf of Mexico and the Chicxulub impact
Author(s) -
UrrutiaFucugauchi Jaime,
PérezCruz Ligia,
CamargoZanoguera Antonio
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
geology today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.188
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1365-2451
pISSN - 0266-6979
DOI - 10.1111/gto.12021
Subject(s) - geology , paleogene , impact crater , cretaceous , paleontology , oceanography , earth science , astrobiology , physics
Discovery of the Chicxulub multi‐ring impact crater came as a result of oil exploration surveys in the southern Gulf of Mexico. Subsequent studies on the Chicxulub impact and the Cretaceous/Palaeogene (K/Pg) boundary have revealed links between the impact and hydrocarbons, with implications for the K/Pg global environmental and climatic effects, as well as for oil exploration in the Gulf.