The combined petrological and rock magnetic study of the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-P) boundary in northeastern Mexico revealed compositionally and texturally complex Chicxulub ejecta deposits. The predominant silicic ejecta components are Fe-Mg-rich chlorite and Si-Al-K-rich glass spherules with carbonate inclusions and schlieren. Besides these silica phases, the most prominent ejecta component is carbonate. Carbonate occurs as lithic clasts, accretionary lapilli, melt globules (often with quench textures), and as microspar. The composition of the spherules provides evidence for a range of target rocks of mafic to intermediate composition, presumably situated in the northwestern sector of the Chicxulub impact structure. The abundance of carbonate ejecta suggests that this area received ejecta mainly from shallow, carbonate-rich lithologies. Rare mu m-sized metallic and sulfidic Ni-Co-rich inclusions in the spherules indicate a possible contamination by meteoritic material. This complex composition underlines the similarities of ejecta in NE Mexico to Chicxulub ejecta from K-P sections worldwide. Although the ejecta display a great variability, the magnetic susceptibility, remanence, and hysteresis properties of the ejecta deposits are fairly homogeneous, with dominantly paramagnetic susceptibilities and a weak ferromagnetic contribution from hematite and goethite. The absence of spinels and the ubiquitous presence of hematite and goethite points to high oxygen fugacity during the impact process. The microfacies and internal texture of the ejecta deposits show welding and fusing of components, as well as evidence for liquid immiscibility between silicic and carbonate melts. No evidence for binary mixing of ejecta phases was found. Therefore, Chicxulub ejecta in NE Mexico probably derived from less energetic parts of the ejecta curtain. However, welding features of ejecta particles and enclosed marl clasts and/or benthic foraminifera from a siliciclastic environment suggest interaction of the-still hot-ejecta curtain with northern Mexican shelf sediments. In addition, an initial ground surge-like ejecta-dispersion mode seems possible.