Cretaceous-tertiary boundary spherules and Cenozoic microtektites: Similarities and differences

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Anomalies, Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary, Iridium, Meteoritic Composition, Planetary Geology, Spherules, Tektites, Analogies, Clays, Glass, Haiti, Mexico

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Bohor and Betterton pointed out that the K-T spherules can be divided into three groups. Their Type 1 spherules appear to be found in or adjacent to North America, particularly the Western Interior and in Haiti and Mexico. The Type 1 spherules occur in the lower part of the K-T boundary clay below an Ir anomaly. It is the Type 1 spherules which are most similar to microtektites. The discovery of K-T boundary spherules in Beloc, Haiti, and Mimbral, Mexico, with residual tektite-like glass cores supports the hypothesis that the Type 1 spherules are diagenetically altered microtektites. The similarities and differences of the Type 1 K-T boundary spherules to previously described Cenozoic microtektites are discussed.

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