Hydrocarbons and Aqueous Fluids in Cretaceous Sediments of the ICDP-Chicxulub Drill Core Yax-1
Abstract
Fluid inclusion studies in quartz from fissures of the Chicxulub drill core reveal evidence for high-temperature fluid and hydrocarbon migration. Hydrocarbons formed from organic matter in the megablock. Mobilization is likely caused by the impact.
- Publication:
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Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
- Pub Date:
- March 2003
- Bibcode:
- 2003LPI....34.1378L