[CSDP] CSDP - Chicxulub: Drilling the K-Pg Impact Crater

ICDP-Topics:
Climate & Ecosystems
Impact Structures
Natural Hazards


Year of Application: 2014

Expedition ID: 5032

Current Status: completed

Master Data

Prof. Dr. Uwe Reimold (PI)

Jochem Kück (OSG)
Prof. Dr. Dieter Stöffler (Scientific Participant)
Dr. Martin Guillaume Tuchscherer (Scientific Participant)
Dr. Sibylle Mayr (Scientific Participant)
Prof. Dr. Bernd Milkereit (Scientific Participant)
Prof. Dr. Heinrich Soffel (Scientific Participant)
Dr. Karin Rickers (Scientific Participant)
Felix Schulte (Scientific Participant)
Prof. Dr. Alexander Deutsch (Scientific Participant)
Prof. Dr. Philippe Claeys (Scientific Participant)
Dr. Peter Schulte (Scientific Participant)
Prof. Dr. Stefan Jung (Scientific Participant)
Prof. Dr. Doris Stüben (Scientific Participant)
Dr. Ulrich Hornemann (Scientific Participant)
Prof. Dr. Joerg Erzinger (Scientific Participant)
Prof. Dr. Hans Jürgen Burkhardt (Scientific Participant)
Dr. Lutz Hecht (Scientific Participant)
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Riller (Scientific Participant)
Prof. Dr. Herbert Palme (Scientific Participant)
Dr. Erik Danckwardt (Scientific Participant)
Dr. Ralf-Thomas Schmitt (Scientific Participant)
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Stinnesbeck (Scientific Participant)
Prof. Dr. Helmut Wilhelm (Scientific Participant)
Prof. Dr. Heinrich Bahlburg (Scientific Participant)
Prof. Dr. Thomas Kenkmann (Scientific Participant)
Prof. Dr. Falko Langenhorst (Scientific Participant)

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Projektdauer:
Geologisches Alter: cretaceous/tertiary(paleogene)

Latitude: 20°44'22''N
Kontinente:

North America

Regionen & Städte:

Yucatán Peninsula
Central America

Longitude: 89°43'4''W
Länder:

Mexico

Themen:

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[Claeys] Geochemische und mineralogisch-petrographische Untersuchung der Kreide-Tertiär-Grenzschicht und der Impaktlithologien des Chicxulub-Kraters, Mexiko (1997 - 2003)


[Deutsch] Geochemistry of impact lithologies, Chicxulub, Mexico (1997 - 2009)


[Stinnesbeck] Chicxulub vor und nach dem Impakt: Zum Alter des Events und zur kretazischen und alttertiären Sedimentfolge Yucatans (1997 - 2002)


[Stöffler] The nature of the Chicxulub projectile and its distribution in the crater nd in the proximal and distal ejecta deposits: Trace element concentrations in impactites, target rocks, and potential meteoritic impactors (asteroids) (2002 - 2004)


[Kenkmann] Chicxulub impact crater: Shock metamorphism, structure, and petrology of impact formations (2002 - 2005)


[Burkhardt] Geothermal and Petrophysical Investigations within the Chicxulub Scientific Drilling Project (CSDP) (2002 - 2007)


[Milkereit] 3D-Potentialfeldmodellierungen der Chicxulub-Impaktstruktur zur Einbindung der geplanten Forschungsbohrung(en) in die Potentialfeldanomalien (1998 - 2001)


[Palme] Geochemische und mineralogisch-petrographische Untersuchung der Kreide-Tertiär-Grenzschicht und der Impaktlithologien des Chicxulub-Kraters, Mexiko (1998 - 2001)


[Riller] Mechanics of terrestrial peak-ring crater formation (2017 - 2020)


[Deutsch] Shock effects in sulfates: nature - experiments - modeling (1998 - 2006)


[Wilhelm] Geothermal and Petrophysical Investigations within the Chicxulub Scientific Drilling Project (CSDP) (2002 - 2007)


[Riller] Mechanics of terrestrial peak-ring crater formation (2019 - 2020)


[Stüben] High-resolution chemostratigraphic evaluation of the environmental consequences of the Chicxulub impact event: An integrated multidisciplinary approach (2001 - 2005)


[Stüben] Geochemische Charakterisierung von Prä- und Postevent-Sedimenten an der Kreide/Tertiär Grenze in Mexiko und anliegender Gebiete: ihr Verhältnis zum Chicxulub Impakt (1998 - 2002)


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[Milkereit] Bohrloch-Vektormagnetik an den UNAM-Forschungsbohrungen, Chicxulub, Mexico (2000 - 2002)


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Description

The Chicxulub impact crater, Mexico, is unique. It is: 1) the only known terrestrial impact structure that has been directly linked to a mass extinction event, 2) the only one of the three largest impact structures on Earth that is well-preserved, 3) the only terrestrial crater with a global ejecta layer, and 4) the only known terrestrial impact structure with an unequivocal topographic “peak ring”. Chicxulub’s role in the K-Pg mass extinction and its exceptional state of preservation make it an important natural laboratory for the study of both large impact crater formation on Earth and other planets, and the effects of large impacts on the Earth’s environment and ecology. We propose to drill Chicxulub to address several questions, including: 1) what is the nature of a peak ring, 2) how are rocks weakened during large impacts to allow them to collapse and form relatively wide, flat craters, and 3) what caused the environmental changes that led to a mass extinction? The first two questions represent fundamental gaps in our knowledge. Despite over 30 years of intense debate, we are still striving to answer the third question. This proposal is a modified version of IODP proposal 548-Full3 that remains the highest-ranked, drillable mission specific platform proposal in the system. A hazard survey was carried out in 2013; a tender process for a drilling platform and drilling operation will be undertaken in 2014 and drilling could commence as early as Spring, 2015. The science goals of this ICDP proposal are by necessity the same as those in IODP proposal 548-Full3 but, here, we propose that ICDP co-fund the drilling. ECORD provided a provisional costing of $15.8 - 19.7 million for the drilling, which is a major increase over previous estimates and now may exceed the ECORD budget (~$17 million). There are large uncertainties in this budget and the exact costs will be unknown until the tender process is complete. Funding from ICDP will likely be critical to whether drilling is able to go ahead as planned. IODP and ICDP both welcome collaboration on futuredrilling projects but currently there is no pathway in place to achieve this goal. Hence, we are asking for co-funding to be provisionally agreed by ICDP and that ICDP representatives meet with the ECORD facility board to determine the details of that joint funding. In this way, ICDP can negotiate the optimum way forward for Chicxulub and future joint projects that best allows both IODP and ICDP to achieve their science plans and program strategies. The proposed drilling was agreed at an ICDP-IODP workshop, and continues the transect of the crater started The proposed drilling was agreed at an ICDP-IODP workshop, and continues the transect of the crater started by ICDP drill hole Yaxcopoil-1, and directly contributes to several goals in the new ICDP Science Plan.

Related Publications

Schulte, Felix M, Wittmann, Axel, Jung, Stefan, Morgan, Joanna V, Gulick, Sean PS, Kring, David A, Grieve, Richard AF, Osinski, Gordon R, Riller, Ulrich (2021). "Ocean resurge-induced impact melt dynamics on the peak-ring of the Chicxulub impact structure, Mexico" International Journal of Earth Sciences p1-18


Zhao, Jiawei, Xiao, Long, Xiao, Zhiyong, Morgan, Joanna V, Osinski, Gordon R, Neal, Clive R, Gulick, Sean PS, Riller, Ulrich, Claeys, Philippe, Zhao, Shanrong (2021). "Shock-deformed zircon from the Chicxulub impact crater and implications for cratering process" Geology 49


Osinski, Gordon R, Grieve, Richard AF, Hill, Patrick JA, Simpson, Sarah L, Cockell, Charles, Christeson, Gail L, Ebert, Matthias, Gulick, Sean, Melosh, H Jay, Riller, Ulrich (2020). "Explosive interaction of impact melt and seawater following the Chicxulub impact event" Geology 48 p108-112


Kring, David A, Tikoo, Sonia M, Schmieder, Martin, Riller, Ulrich, Rebolledo-Vieyra, Mario, Simpson, Sarah L, Osinski, Gordon R, Gattacceca, Jérôme, Wittmann, Axel, Verhagen, Christina M (2020). "Probing the hydrothermal system of the Chicxulub impact crater" Science Advances 6 peaaz3053


Rae, Auriol S. P., Collins, Gareth S., Morgan, Joanna V., Salge, Tobias, Christeson, Gail L., Leung, Jody, Lofi, Johanna, Gulick, Sean P. S., Poelchau, Michael, Riller, Ulrich, Gebhardt, Catalina, Grieve, Richard A. F., Osinski, Gordon R. (2019). "Impact-Induced Porosity and Microfracturing at the Chicxulub Impact Structure" Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 124 p1960-1978


Rae, Auriol SP, Collins, Gareth S, Morgan, Joanna V, Salge, Tobias, Christeson, Gail L, Leung, Jody, Lofi, Johanna, Gulick, Sean PS, Poelchau, Michael, Riller, Ulrich (2019). "Impact‐induced porosity and microfracturing at the Chicxulub impact structure" Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets p1960-1978


Timms, Nicholas E., Pearce, Mark A., Erickson, Timmons M., Cavosie, Aaron J., Rae, Auriol S. P., Wheeler, John, Wittmann, Axel, Ferrière, Ludovic, Poelchau, Michael H., Tomioka, Naotaka, Collins, Gareth S., Gulick, Sean P. S., Rasmussen, Cornelia, Morgan, Joanna V., Gulick, S. P. S., Morgan, J. V., Chenot, E., Christeson, G. L., Claeys, P., Cockell, C. S., Coolen, M. J. L., Ferrière, L., Gebhardt, C., Goto, K., Green, S., Jones, H., Kring, D. A., Lofi, J., Lowery, C. M., Ocampo-Torres, R., Perez-Cruz, L., Pickersgill, A. E., Poelchau, M. H., Rae, A. S. P., Rasmussen, C., Rebolledo-Vieyra, M., Riller, U., Sato, H., Smit, J., Tikoo, S. M., Tomioka, N., Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J., Whalen, M. T., Wittmann, A., Xiao, L., Yamaguchi, K. E., IODP-ICDP Expedition 364 Scientists (2019). "New shock microstructures in titanite (CaTiSiO5) from the peak ring of the Chicxulub impact structure, Mexico" Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 174 p38


Lowery, Christopher M, Morgan, Joanna V, Gulick, Sean PS, Bralower, Timothy J, Christeson, Gail L, Riller, U. (2019). "Ocean Drilling Perspectives on Meteorite Impacts" Oceanography 32 p120-134


Urrutia-Fucugauchi, Jaime, Pérez-Cruz, Ligia, Morgan, Joanna, Gulick, Sean, Wittmann, Axel, Lofi, Johanna, Riller, U., IODP-ICDP Expedition 364 Science Party (2019). "Peering inside the peak ring of the Chicxulub Impact Crater—its nature and formation mechanism" Geology Today 35 p68-72


Rae, Auriol S. P., Collins, Gareth S., Poelchau, Michael, Riller, Ulrich, Davison, Thomas M., Grieve, Richard A. F., Osinski, Gordon R., Morgan, Joanna V., IODP-ICDP Expedition 364 Scientists (2019). "Stress-Strain Evolution During Peak-Ring Formation: A Case Study of the Chicxulub Impact Structure" Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 124 p396-417


Rae, Auriol SP, Collins, Gareth S, Poelchau, Michael, Riller, Ulrich, Davison, Thomas M, Grieve, Richard AF, Osinski, Gordon R, Morgan, Joanna V, Expedition, IODP‐ICDP (2019). "Stress‐strain evolution during peak‐ring formation: A case study of the Chicxulub impact structure" Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets p396-417


Gulick, Sean PS, Bralower, Timothy J, Ormö, Jens, Hall, Brendon, Grice, Kliti, Schaefer, Bettina, Lyons, Shelby, Freeman, Katherine H, Morgan, Joanna V, Artemieva, Natalia, Riller, U. (2019). "The first day of the Cenozoic" Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 39 p19342-19351


Lofi, J., Smith, D., Delahunty, C., Le Ber, E., Brun, L., Henry, G., Paris, J., Tikoo, S., Zylberman, W., Pezard, P., Célérier, B., Schmitt, D., Nixon, C., Gulick, S., Morgan, J., Chenot, E., Christeson, G., Claeys, P., Cockell, C., Coolen, Marco, Ferrière, L., Gebhardt, C., Goto, K., Green, S., Jones, H., Kring, D., Lowery, C., Mellett, C., Ocampo-Torres, R., Perez-Cruz, L., Pickersgill, A., Poelchau, M., Rae, A., Rasmussen, C., Rebolledo-Vieyra, M., Riller, U., Sato, H., Smit, J., Tomioka, N., Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J., Whalen, M., Wittmann, A., Xiao, L., Yamaguchi, K., Bralower, T. (2018). "Drilling-induced and logging-related features illustrated from IODP–ICDP Expedition 364 downhole logs and borehole imaging tools" Scientific Drilling 24 p1-13


Christeson, G. L., Gulick, S. P. S., Morgan, J. V., Gebhardt, C., Kring, D. A., Le Ber, E., Lofi, J., Nixon, C., Poelchau, M., Rae, A. S. P., Rebolledo-Vieyra, M., Riller, U., Schmitt, D. R., Wittmann, A., Bralower, T. J., Chenot, E., Claeys, P., Cockell, C. S., Coolen, M. J. L., Ferrière, L., Green, S., Goto, K., Jones, H., Lowery, C. M., Mellett, C., Ocampo-Torres, R., Perez-Cruz, L., Pickersgill, A. E., Rasmussen, C., Sato, H., Smit, J., Tikoo, S. M., Tomioka, N., Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J., Whalen, M. T., Xiao, L., Yamaguchi, K. E. (2018). "Extraordinary rocks from the peak ring of the Chicxulub impact crater: P-wave velocity, density, and porosity measurements from IODP/ICDP Expedition 364" Earth and Planetary Science Letters 495 p1-11


Lowery, Christopher M., Bralower, Timothy J., Owens, Jeremy D., Rodríguez-Tovar, Francisco J., Jones, Heather, Smit, Jan, Whalen, Michael T., Claeys, Phillipe, Farley, Kenneth, Gulick, Sean P. S., Morgan, Joanna V., Green, Sophie, Chenot, Elise, Christeson, Gail L., Cockell, Charles S., Coolen, Marco J. L., Ferrière, Ludovic, Gebhardt, Catalina, Goto, Kazuhisa, Kring, David A., Lofi, Johanna, Ocampo-Torres, Rubén, Perez-Cruz, Ligia, Pickersgill, Annemarie E., Poelchau, Michael H., Rae, Auriol S. P., Rasmussen, Cornelia, Rebolledo-Vieyra, Mario, Riller, Ulrich, Sato, Honami, Tikoo, Sonia M., Tomioka, Naotaka, Urrutia-Fucugauchi, Jaime, Vellekoop, Johan, Wittmann, Axel, Xiao, Long, Yamaguchi, Kosei E., Zylberman, William (2018). "Rapid recovery of life at ground zero of the end-Cretaceous mass extinction" Nature 558 p288-291


Riller, Ulrich, Poelchau, Michael H., Rae, Auriol S. P., Schulte, Felix M., Collins, Gareth S., Melosh, H. Jay, Grieve, Richard A. F., Morgan, Joanna V., Gulick, Sean P. S., Lofi, Johanna, Diaw, Abdoulaye, McCall, Naoma, Kring, David A., Green, Sophie L., Chenot, Elise, Christeson, Gail L., Claeys, Philippe, Cockell, Charles S., Coolen, Marco J. L., Ferrière, Ludovic, Gebhardt, Catalina, Goto, Kazuhisa, Jones, Heather, Kring, David A., Xiao, Long, Lowery, Christopher M., Ocampo-Torres, Rubén, Perez-Cruz, Ligia, Pickersgill, Annemarie E., Rasmussen, Cornelia, Rebolledo-Vieyra, Mario, Sato, Honami, Smit, Jan, Tikoo-Schantz, Sonia M., Tomioka, Naotaka, Whalen, Michael T., Wittmann, Axel, Yamaguchi, Kosei E., Fucugauchi, Jaime Urrutia, Bralower, Timothy J., Iodp–Icdp Expedition 364 Science Party (2018). "Rock fluidization during peak-ring formation of large impact structures" Nature 562 p511-518


Kring, David A., Claeys, Philippe, Gulick, Sean P.S., Morgan, Joanna V., Collins, Gareth S., Riller, Ulrich, Gebhardt, Catalina, and the IODP-ICDP Expedition 364 Scientists (2017). "Chicxulub and the Exploration of Large Peak- Ring Impact Craters through Scientific Drilling" Geological Society of America 27 p4-8


Morgan, J., , Gulick, S., , Mellett, C.L., , Green, S.L., , Riller, U., and the Expedition 364 Scientists (2017). "Chicxulub: Drilling the K-Pg Impact Crater - Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program" Chicxulub: Drilling the K-Pg Impact Crater - Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program


Artemieva, Natalia, Morgan, Joanna, Riller, U., Gebhardt, A. C., Claeys, P, Expedition 364 Science Party (2017). "Quantifying the Release of Climate-Active Gases by Large Meteorite Impacts With a Case Study of Chicxulub" Geophysical Research Letters 44 p10,180-10,188


Morgan, Joanna V., Gulick, Sean P. S., Bralower, Timothy, Chenot, Elise, Christeson, Gail, Claeys, Philippe, Cockell, Charles, Collins, Gareth S., Coolen, Marco J. L., Ferrière, Ludovic, Gebhardt, Catalina, Goto, Kazuhisa, Jones, Heather, Kring, David A., Le Ber, Erwan, Lofi, Johanna, Long, Xiao, Lowery, Christopher, Mellett, Claire, Ocampo-Torres, Rubén, Osinski, Gordon R., Perez-Cruz, Ligia, Pickersgill, Annemarie, Poelchau, Michael, Rae, Auriol, Rasmussen, Cornelia, Rebolledo-Vieyra, Mario, Riller, Ulrich, Sato, Honami, Schmitt, Douglas R., Smit, Jan, Tikoo, Sonia, Tomioka, Naotaka, Urrutia-Fucugauchi, Jaime, Whalen, Michael, Wittmann, Axel, Yamaguchi, Kosei E., Zylberman, William (2016). "The formation of peak rings in large impact craters" Science 354 p878-882


Popov, Y., Mayr, S., Romushkevich, R., Burkhardt, H., Wilhelm, H. (2014). "Comparison of petrophysical properties of impactites for four meteoritic impact structures" Meteoritics & Planetary Science p896-920


Popov, Yu, Romushkevich, R., Korobkov, D., Mayr, S., Bayuk, I., Burkhardt, H., Wilhelm, H. (2011). "Thermal properties of rocks of the borehole Yaxcopoil-1 (Impact Crater Chicxulub, Mexico)" Geophysical Journal International 184 p729-745


Schulte, Peter, Smit, Jan, Deutsch, Alexander, Salge, Tobias, Friese, Andrea, Beichel, Kilian (2011). "Tsunami backwash deposits with Chicxulub impact ejecta and dinosaur remains from the Cretaceous–Palaeogene boundary in the La Popa Basin, Mexico" Sedimentology 59 p737-765


Gibson, Roger L, Reimold, Wolf Uwe (2010). "Introduction: Impact cratering and planetary studies—a fifty-year perspective" Geological Society of America Special Papers pvii-xii


Schulte, Peter, Alegret, Laia, Arenillas, Ignacio, Arz, José A., Barton, Penny J., Bown, Paul R., Bralower, Timothy J., Christeson, Gail L., Claeys, Philippe, Cockell, Charles S., Collins, Gareth S., Deutsch, Alexander, Goldin, Tamara J., Goto, Kazuhisa, Grajales-Nishimura, José M., Grieve, Richard A. F., Gulick, Sean P. S., Johnson, Kirk R., Kiessling, Wolfgang, Koeberl, Christian, Kring, David A., MacLeod, Kenneth G., Matsui, Takafumi, Melosh, Jay, Montanari, Alessandro, Morgan, Joanna V., Neal, Clive R., Nichols, Douglas J., Norris, Richard D., Pierazzo, Elisabetta, Ravizza, Greg, Rebolledo-Vieyra, Mario, Reimold, Wolf Uwe, Robin, Eric, Salge, Tobias, Speijer, Robert P., Sweet, Arthur R., Urrutia-Fucugauchi, Jaime, Vajda, Vivi, Whalen, Michael T., Willumsen, Pi S. (2010). "The Chicxulub Asteroid Impact and Mass Extinction at the Cretaceous-Paleogene Boundary" Science 327 p1214-1218


Schulte, P., Deutsch, A., Salge, T., Berndt, J., Kontny, A., MacLeod, K. G., Neuser, R. D., Krumm, S. (2009). "A dual-layer Chicxulub ejecta sequence with shocked carbonates from the Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) boundary, Demerara Rise, western Atlantic" Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 73 p1180-1204


Šafanda, Jan, Wilhelm, Helmut, Heidinger, Philipp, Čermák, Vladimír (2009). "Interpretation and mathematical modeling of temporal changes of temperature observed in borehole Yaxcopoil-1 within the Chicxulub impact structure, Mexico" Journal of Hydrology 372 p9-16


Schulte, Peter, Wade, Bridget S., Kontny, Agnes, Self-Trail, Jean M. (2009). "The Eocene-Oligocene sedimentary record in the Chesapeake Bay impact structure: Implications for climate and sea-level changes on the western Atlantic margin" Geological Society of America Special Papers Special Paper 458 p839-865


Mayr, S. I., Burkhardt, H., Popov, Yu., Wittmann, A. (2008). "Estimation of hydraulic permeability considering the micro morphology of rocks of the borehole YAXCOPOIL-1 (Impact crater Chicxulub, Mexico)" International Journal of Earth Sciences 97 p385-399


Mayr, S. I., Wittmann, A., Burkhardt, H., Popov, Y., Romushkevich, R., Bayuk, I., Heidinger, P., Wilhelm, H. (2008). "Integrated interpretation of physical properties of rocks of the borehole Yaxcopoil-1 (Chicxulub impact structure)" Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 113 pn/a-n/a


Grieve, Richard A. F., Reimold, W. Uwe, Morgan, Joanna, Riller, Ulrich, Pilkington, Mark (2008). "Observations and interpretations at Vredefort, Sudbury, and Chicxulub: Towards an empirical model of terrestrial impact basin formation" Meteoritics & Planetary Science 43 (5) p855-882


Tuchscherer, Martin Guillaume (2008). "The petrology and geochemistry of the impactite sequence and selected target rocks from the Yaxcopoil-1 borehole, Chicxulub Impact Structure, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico" Dissertation p392


Keller, G., Adatte, T., Tantawy, A. A., Berner, Z., Stinnesbeck, W., Stueben, D., Leanza, H. A. (2007). "High stress late Maastrichtian – early Danian palaeoenvironment in the Neuquén Basin, Argentina" Cretaceous Research 28 p939-960


Deutsch, Alexander, Langenhorst, Falko (2007). "On the fate of carbonates and anhydrite in impact processes–evidence from the Chicxulub event" GFF 129 p155-160


Šafanda, Jan, Heidinger, Philipp, Wilhelm, Helmut, Čermák, Vladimír (2007). "Post-drilling destabilization of temperature profile in borehole Yaxcopoil-1, Mexico" Hydrogeology Journal 15 p423-428


Kramar, Utz, Harting, Markus, Rickers, Karen, Stüben, Doris (2007). "μ-Synchrotron radiation excited X-ray fluorescence microprobe trace element studies on spherules of the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary transitions of NE-Mexico and Haiti samples" Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy 62 p824-835


Tuchscherer, Martin G., Reimold, W. Uwe, Gibson, Roger L., de Bruin, Deon, Späth, Andreas (2006). "Major and trace element compositions of melt particles and associated phases from the Yaxcopoil-1 drill core, Chicxulub impact structure, Mexico" Meteoritics & Planetary Science 41 (9) p1361-1379


Wittmann, A., Kenkmann, T., Schmitt, R. T., Stöffler, D. (2006). "Shock-metamorphosed zircon in terrestrial impact craters" Meteoritics & Planetary Science 41 (3) p433-454


Schulte, Peter, Speijer, Robert, Mai, Hartmut, Kontny, Agnes (2006). "The Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–P) boundary at Brazos, Texas: Sequence stratigraphy, depositional events and the Chicxulub impact" Sedimentary Geology 184 p77-109


Tuchscherer, Martin G., Reimold, Wolf Uwe, Koeberl, Christian, Gibson, Roger L. (2005). "Geochemical and petrographic characteristics of impactites and Cretaceous target rocks from the Yaxcopoil-1 borehole, Chicxulub impact structure, Mexico: Implications for target composition" Meteoritics & Planetary Science 40 (9/10) p1513-1536


Stüben, D., Kramar, U., Harting, M., Stinnesbeck, W., Keller, G. (2005). "High-resolution geochemical record of Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary sections in Mexico: New constraints on the K/T and Chicxulub events" Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 69 p2559-2579


Jones, A, Claeys, P, Heuschkel, S (2005). "Impact melting of carbonates from the Chicxulub crater" Impacts and the Early Earth chapter 14 p343-361


Adatte, Thierry, Keller, Gerta, Stüben, Doris, Harting, Markus, Kramar, Utz, Stinnesbeck, Wolfgang, Abramovich, Sigal, Benjamini, Chaim (2005). "Late Maastrichtian and K/T paleoenvironment of the eastern Tethys (Israel): mineralogy, trace and platinum group elements, biostratigraphy and faunal turnovers" Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 176 p37-55


Ifrim, Christina, Stinnesbeck, Wolfgang, Schafhauser, Armin (2005). "Maastrichtian shallow-water ammonites of northeastern Mexico" Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas 22 p48-64


Langenhorst, Falko, Hornemann, Ulrich (2005). "Shock experiments on minerals: Basic physics and techniques" Mineral behavior at extreme conditions 7, chapter 15 p357-387


Keller, Gerta, Adatte, Thierry, Stinnesbeck, Wolfgang, Rebolledo-Vieyra, Mario, Urrutia Fucugauchi, Jaime, Kramar, Utz, Stüben, Doris (2004). "Chicxulub impact predates the K-T boundary mass extinction" Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 101 p3753-3758


Hecht, Lutz, Wittmann, Axel, Schmitt, Ralf-Thomas, Stöffler, Dieter (2004). "Composition of impact melt particles and the effects of post-impact alteration in suevitic rocks at the Yaxcopoil-1 drill core, Chicxulub crater, Mexico" Meteoritics & Planetary Science 39 (7) p1169-1186


Lüders, Volker, Rickers, Karen (2004). "Fluid inclusion evidence for impact-related hydrothermal fluid and hydrocarbon migration in Creataceous sediments of the ICDP-Chicxulub drill core Yax-1" Meteoritics & Planetary Science 39 (7) p1187-1197


Schmitt, Ralf T., Wittmann, Axel, Stöffler, Dieter (2004). "Geochemistry of drill core samples from Yaxcopoil-1, Chicxulub impact crater, Mexico" Meteoritics & Planetary Science 39 (6) p979-1001


Wittmann, A., Kenkmann, T., Schmitt, R. T., Hecht, L., Stöffler, D. (2004). "Impact-related dike breccia lithologies in the ICDP drill core Yaxcopoil-1, Chicxulub impact structure, Mexico" Meteoritics & Planetary Science 39 p931-954


Ifrim, Christina, Stinnesbeck, Wolfgang, López-Oliva, José Guadalupe (2004). "Maastrichtian cephalopods from Cerralvo, north-eastern Mexico" Palaeontology 47 p1575-1627


Keller, Gerta, Adatte, Thierry, Stinnesbeck, Wolfgang, StüBen, Doris, Berner, Zsolt, Kramar, Utz, Harting, Markus (2004). "More evidence that the Chicxulub impact predates the K/T mass extinction" Meteoritics & Planetary Science 39 p1127-1144


Stöffler, Dieter, Artemieva, Natalya A., Ivanov, Boris A., Hecht, Lutz, Kenkmann, Thomas, Schmitt, Ralf Thomas, Tagle, Roald Alberto, Wittmann, Axel (2004). "Origin and emplacement of the impact formations at Chicxulub, Mexico, as revealed by the ICDP deep drilling at Yaxcopoil-1 and by numerical modeling" Meteoritics & Planetary Science 39 (7) p1035-1067


Popov, Y., Romushkevich, R., Bayuk, I., Korobkov, D., Mayr, S., Burkhardt, H., Wilhelm, H. (2004). "Physical properties of rocks from the upper part of the Yaxcopoil-1 drill hole, Chicxulub crater" Meteoritics & Planetary Science 39 (6) p799-812


Tagle, Roald, Erzinger, Jörg, Hecht, Lutz, Schmitt, Ralf Thomas, Stöffler, Dieter, Claeys, Philippe (2004). "Platinum group elements in impactites of the ICDP Chicxulub drill core Yaxcopoil-1: Are there traces of the projectile?" Meteoritics & Planetary Science 39 (6) p1009-1016


Kenkmann, T., Wittmann, A., Scherler, D. (2004). "Structure and impact indicators of the Cretaceous sequence of the ICDP drill core Yaxcopoil-1, Chicxulub impact crater, Mexico" Meteoritics & Planetary Science 39 (7) p1069-1088


Stinnesbeck, Wolfgang, Keller, Gerta, Adatte, Thierry, Harting, Markus, Stüben, Doris, Istrate, Georg, Kramar, Utz (2004). "Yaxcopoil-1 and the Chicxulub impact" International Journal of Earth Sciences 93 p1042-1065


Abramovich, S, Keller, G, Adatte, T, Stinnesbeck, W, Hottinger, L, Stüben, D, Berner, Z, Ramanivosoa, B, Randriamanantenasoa, A (2003). "Age and paleoenvironment of the Maastrichtian to Paleocene of the Mahajanga Basin, Madagascar: a multidisciplinary approach" Marine Micropaleontology 47 p17-70


Schafhauser, A, Götz, S, Baron-Szabo, R, Stinnesbeck, W (2003). "Depositional environment of coral–rudist associations in the Upper Cretaceous Cardenas Formation (Central Mexico)" Geologia Croatica 56/2 p187-198


Schulte, P, Stinnesbeck, W, Stüben, D, Kramar, U, Berner, Z, Keller, G, Adatte, T (2003). "Fe-rich and K-rich mafic spherules from slumped and channelized Chicxulub ejecta deposits in the northern La Sierrita area, NE Mexico" International Journal of Earth Sciences 92 p114-142


Kettrup, Bianca, Deutsch, Alexander (2003). "Geochemical variability of the Yucatán basement: Constraints from crystalline clasts in Chicxulub impactites" Meteoritics & Planetary Science 38 (7) p1079-1092


Kettrup, B., Deutsch, A., Masaitis, V. L. (2003). "Homogeneous impact melts produced by a heterogeneous target?: Sr-Nd isotopic evidence from the Popigai crater, Russia" Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 67 (4) p733-750


Keller, G., Stinnesbeck, W., Adatte, T., Stüben, D. (2003). "Multiple impacts across the Cretaceous–Tertiary boundary" Earth-Science Reviews 62 (1-2) p327-363


Keller, Gerta, Stinnesbeck, W, Adatte, T, Holland, B, Stüben, D, Harting, M, De Leon, C, dela Cruz, J (2003). "Spherule deposits in Cretaceous–Tertiary boundary sediments in Belize and Guatemala" Journal of the Geological Society 160 p783-795


Claeys, Philippe, Kiessling, Wolfgang, Alvarez, Walter (2002). "Distribution of Chicxulub ejecta at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary" Geological Society of America Special Paper 356 p55-68


Keller, Gerta, Adatte, Thierry, Stinnesbeck, Wolfgang, Affolter, Mark, Schilli, Lionel, Lopez-Oliva, Jose Guadalupe (2002). "Multiple spherule layers in the late Maastrichtian of northeastern Mexico" Geological Society of America Special Paper 356 p145-162


Keller, Gerta, Adatte, Thierry, Stinnesbeck, W., Luciani, Valeria, Karoui-Yaakoub, Narjess, Zaghbib-Turki, Dalila (2002). "Paleoecology of the Cretaceous–Tertiary mass extinction in planktonic foraminifera" Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 178 (3-4) p257-297


Stinnesbeck, Wolfgang, Keller, Gerta, Schulte, Peter, Stüben, Doris, Berner, Zsolt, Kramar, Utz, Lopez-Oliva, José Guadalupe (2002). "The Cretaceous–Tertiary (K/T) boundary transition at Coxquihui, state of Veracruz, Mexico: evidence for an early Danian impact event?" Journal of South American Earth Sciences 15 p497-509


Stüben, D., Kramar, U., Berner, Z., Stinnesbeck, W., Keller, G., Adatte, T. (2002). "Trace elements, stable isotopes, and clay mineralogy of the Elles II K–T boundary section in Tunisia: indications for sea level fluctuations and primary productivity" Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 178 (3-4) p321-345


Stüben, Doris, Kramar, Utz, Berner, Zsolt, Eckhardt, Jörg-Detlef, Stinnesbeck, Wolfgang, Keller, Gerta, Adatte, Thierry, Heide, Klaus (2002). "Two anomalies of platinum group elements above the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary at Beloc, Haiti: Geochemical context and consequences for the impact scenario" Geological Society of America Special Paper 356 p163-188


Ebbing, Jörg, Janle, Peter, Koulouris, Jannis, Milkereit, Bernd (2001). "3D gravity modelling ofthe Chicxulub impact structure" Planetary and Space Science 49 p599-609


Keller, Gerta, Adatte, Thierry, Stinnesbeck, Wolfgang, Stüben, Doris, Berner, Zsolt (2001). "Age, chemo- and biostratigraphy of Haiti spherule-rich deposits: a multi-event K/T scenario" Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 38 p197-227


Kramar, U., Stüben, D., Berner, Z., Stinnesbeck, W., Philipp, H., Keller, G. (2001). "Are Ir anomalies sufficient and unique indicators for cosmic events?" Planetary and Space Science 49 (8) p831-837


Agrinier, P., Deutsch, A., Schärer, U., Martinez, I. (2001). "Fast back-reactions of shock-released CO2 from carbonates: an experimental approach" Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 65 (15) p2615-2632


Stinnesbeck, Wolfgang, Schulte, P, Lindenmaier, F, Adatte, Thierry, Affolter, M, Schilli, L, Keller, Gerta, Stüben, D, Berner, Zsott, Kramar, U (2001). "Late Maastrichtian age of spherule deposits in northeastern Mexico: implication for Chicxulub scenario" Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 38 (2) p229-238


Grajales-Nishimura, José M, Cedillo-Pardo, Esteban, Rosales-Domínguez, Carmen, Morán-Zenteno, Dante J, Alvarez, Walter, Claeys, Philippe, Ruíz-Morales, José, García-Hernández, Jesús, Padilla-Avila, Patricia, Sánchez-Ríos, Antonieta (2000). "Chicxulub impact: The origin of reservoir and seal facies in the southeastern Mexico oil fields" Geology 28 (4) p307-310


Kettrup, Bianca, Deutsch, Alexander, Ostermann, Markus, Agrinier, Pierre (2000). "Chicxulub impactites: Geochemical clues to the precursor rocks" Meteoritics & Planetary Science 35 p1229-1238


Keller, G., Stinnesbeck, W. (2000). "Iridium and the K/T boundary at El Caribe, Guatemala" International Journal of Earth Sciences 88 (4) p840-843


STINNESBECK, W., , KELLER, G., , ADATTE, T., , LOPEZ-OLIVA, J.G., , DE LA CRUZ, J., , DE LEON, C. (2000). "The Cretaceous-Tertiary (K/T) transition in the northern part of Latin America: Evidence for a multi-event scenario." Zeitschrift für Angewandte Geologie, Sonderheft p109-116


Pope, Kevin O., Ocampo, Adriana C., Fischer, Alfred G., Alvarez, Walter, Fouke, Bruce W., Webster, Clyde L., Vega, Francisco J., Smit, Jan, Fritsche, A. Eugene, Claeys, Philippe (1999). "Chicxulub impact ejecta from Albion Island, Belize" Earth and Planetary Science Letters 170 (4) p351-364


López-Oliva, José Guadalupe, Keller, Gerta, Stinnesbeck, Wolfgang (1998). "El limite Cretacico/Terciario (K/T) en el noreste de Mexico; extincion de foraminiferos planctonicos" Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas 15 (1) p109-113


Keller, Gerta, Li, Liangquan, Stinnesbeck, Wolfgang, Vicenzi, Ed (1998). "The K/T mass extinction, Chicxulub and the impact-kill effect" Bulletin de la Societé geologique de France 169 (4) p485-491


Ekdale, A. A., Stinnesbeck, Wolfgang (1998). "Trace fossils in Cretaceous-Tertiary (KT) boundary beds in northeastern Mexico; implications for sedimentation during the KT boundary event" PALAIOS 13 p593-602


Keller, G, Lopez-Oliva, JG, Stinnesbeck, W, Adatte, T (1997). "Age, stratigraphy, and deposition of near-K/T siliciclastic deposits in Mexico: Relation to bolide impact?" Geological Society of America Bulletin 109 (4) p410-428


Stinnesbeck, W., Keller, G., de la Cruz, J., de León, C., MacLeod, N., Whittaker, J. E. (1997). "The Cretaceous–Tertiary transition in Guatemala: limestone breccia deposits from the South Petén basin" Geologische Rundschau 86 p686-709