Comparison of the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary impact events and the 0.77-Ma Australasian tektite event
Subtitle: relevance to mass extinction
By: by E.C.T. Chao.
Series: U.S. Geological Survey bulletin ;; 2050
Publisher: U.S. G.P.O.
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 22
Subjects: Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary.; Tektite.; Extinction (Biology)
Description: Reinterpretation of iridium anomalies, shocked quartz, and microtektites attributed to cratering events in Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary sections. Evidence from the Ries crater of Germany and Australasian tektites is essential to understanding giant craters and mass extinction.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.