Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
May 1982
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982sci...216..885g&link_type=abstract
Science, vol. 216, May 21, 1982, p. 885, 886.
Mathematics
Logic
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Biological Evolution, Earth Surface, Extinction, Iridium, Meteorite Collisions, Tektites, Abundance, Caribbean Sea, Glass, Meteoritic Composition, North America, Paleontology, Rhizopus, Sediments, Earth, Cretaceous-Tertiary Event, Impacts, Meteorites, Sediments, Origin, Iridium, Extinctions, Chemistry, Collisions, Abundance, Concentrations, Core-Tube Samples, Microtektites
Scientific paper
A deep-sea core from the Caribbean contains a layer of sediment highly enriched in meteoritic iridium. This layer underlies a layer of North American microtekites dated at 34.4 million years ago and coincides with the extinction of five major species of Radiolaria. It is suggested that a massive, chemically undifferentiated meteorite collided with the earth, producing the tektites and leading to extinctions 34 millions years ago.
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