Coexisting altered glass and Fe-Ni oxides at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary, Stevns Klint (Denmark): Direct evidence of meteorite impact

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 127-136

  Bauluz, Blanca ^a   Peacor, Donald R ^b   Elliott, W Crawford ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Impactite; K T boundary; Smectite; Stevns Klint; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; GLASS; IMPACT; IMPACTITE; METEORITE; OXIDE; SMECTITE;

DENMARK;

EID: 0033757232     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(00)00245-4     Document Type: Article

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