The weathering-modified iridium record of a new Cretaceous-Palaeogene site at Lechówka near Chełm, SE Poland, and its palaeobiologic implications

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 205-215

  Racki, Grzegorz ^a   MacHalski, Marcin ^a   Koeberl, Christian ^b,c   Harasimiuk, Marian ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

^d MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

biostratigraphy; Cretaceous Palaeogene boundary SE Poland; extinctions; geochemistry; Iridium anomaly; lithology

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; EXTINCTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; IRIDIUM; LITHOLOGY; PALEOBIOLOGY; PALEOGENE; WEATHERING;

POLAND;

CERITHIUM;

EID: 79952788144     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: 17322421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4202/app.2010.0062     Document Type: Article

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