2017 AGU Fall Meeting Frontiers of Geophysics Lecture - Chicxulub: The End of an Era

Note: Abstract submissions to Union sessions are by invitation only.



Session ID#: 37328

Session Description:
The 2017 Fall Meeting Frontiers of Geophysics Lecture Lecture will be delivered by Professor Joanna Morgan.

This lecture will cover the following topics: 

  • Historical review
  • Geophysical imaging of the crater.
  • IODP-ICDP Expedition 364: Driling the chicxulub impact crater
  • Simulating the impact and its effects
  • What killed the dinosaurs?

For more information, see the link below. 

http://fallmeeting.agu.org/2017/keynote-speakers/

Primary Convener:  Denis-Didier Rousseau, CNRS, Géosciences Montpellier, Paris Cedex 16, France
Conveners:  Christine McEntee, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, United States and Eric A Davidson, University of Maryland Center (UMCES) for Environmental Science, Frostburg, United States
Chairs:  Denis-Didier Rousseau, CNRS, Géosciences Montpellier, Paris Cedex 16, France and Eric A Davidson, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Appalachian Laboratory, Frostburg, MD, United States
Index Terms:

5420 Impact phenomena, cratering [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLID SURFACE PLANETS]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

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