A multi-isotopic and trace element investigation of the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary layer at Stevns Klint, Denmark - Inferences for the origin and nature of siderophile and lithophile element geochemical anomalies

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 691-708

  Frei, Robert ^a   Frei, Karin M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Impactite; K T Boundary; Lead; Osmium; Platinum group; Stable isotopes; Stevns Klint; Strontium

Indexed keywords

CHONDRITE; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; GEOCHEMISTRY; IRON METEORITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LITHOPHILE ELEMENT; SIDEROPHILE ELEMENT; TRACE ELEMENT;

DENMARK;

EID: 0037202062     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)00865-8     Document Type: Article

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