Initial Assessment of the Excavation and Deposition of Impact Lithologies Exposed by the Chicxulub Scientific Drilling Project, Yaxcopoil, MexicoThe Chicxulub Scientific Drilling Project (www.icdp-online.de) recovered a continuous core from a depth of 404 m (in Tertiary cover) to 1511 m (in a megablock of Cretaceous target sediments), penetrating approx. 100 m of melt-bearing impactites between 794 and 895 m. The Yaxcopoil-1 (YAX-1) borehole is approx. 60-65 km from the center of the Chicxulub structure, which is approx. 15 km beyond the limit of the estimated approx. 50 km radius transient crater (excavation cavity), but within the rim of the estimated approx. 90 km radius final crater. In general, the impactite sequence is incredibly rich in impact melts of unusual textural variety and complexity, quite unlike melt-bearing impact formations from other terrestrial craters.
Document ID
20030110634
Acquisition Source
Headquarters
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Kring, David A. (Lunar and Planetary Inst. Houston, TX, United States)
Horz, Friedrich (NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Zurcher, Lukas (Lunar and Planetary Inst. Houston, TX, United States)