The extinction of the dinosaurs and around three-quarters of all living species was almost
certainly caused by a large asteroid impact 66 million years ago. Seismic data acquired …

The internal structure of the Moon, from surface to core, preserves a record of its evolution
from accretion to present-day. The structure of the Moon is unique in the Solar System by …

Large impacts provide a mechanism for resurfacing planets through mixing near-surface
rocks with deeper material. Central peaks are formed from the dynamic uplift of rocks during …

Highly expanded Cretaceous–Paleogene (K-Pg) boundary section from the Chicxulub peak
ring, recovered by International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP)–International Continental …

The environmental severity of large impacts on Earth is influenced by their impact trajectory.
Impact direction and angle to the target plane affect the volume and depth of origin of …

The~ 180-km-diameter Chicxulub peak-ring crater and~ 240-km multiring basin, produced
by the impact that terminated the Cretaceous, is the largest remaining intact impact basin on …

One of the long-standing enigmas for lunar tectonic-thermal evolution is the spatiotemporal
association of contractional wrinkle ridges and basaltic volcanism in a compressional …

The Earth's climate has experienced numerous critical transitions during its history, which
have often been accompanied by massive and rapid changes in the biosphere. Such …

The Cretaceous ended when the Chicxulub asteroid struck the Yucatán platform, and all
deposits and landforms generated are earliest Paleocene in age. Drill core from the …

Hydrocarbon exploration in the last decade has yielded sufficient data to evaluate the Gulf of
Mexico basin response to the Chicxulub asteroid impact. Given its passive marine setting …