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  • Thumbnail for Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary
    The Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) boundary, formerly known as the Cretaceous–Tertiary (KT) boundary, is a geological signature, usually a thin band of rock...
    28 KB (3,034 words) - 17:07, 10 July 2024
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    In the geologic record, the K–Pg event is marked by a thin layer of sediment called the K–Pg boundary or KT boundary, which can be found throughout...
    170 KB (18,684 words) - 20:31, 11 August 2024
  • The climate across the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary (K–Pg or formerly the KT boundary) is very important to geologic time as it marks a catastrophic...
    23 KB (3,147 words) - 07:30, 13 February 2024
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    mining ruins at Cokedale. An exposure of the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary (K–Pg boundary) is visible in the southern part of the park. A portion of the...
    2 KB (123 words) - 03:10, 6 December 2023
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    the impact coincides with the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary (commonly known as the K–Pg or KT boundary). It is now widely accepted that the devastation...
    82 KB (8,083 words) - 23:07, 9 August 2024
  • K/T line may refer to: The K/T boundary or the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary, a geological signature that defines the end of the Mesozoic era. The K Ingleside...
    440 bytes (94 words) - 00:02, 9 January 2024
  • KT (redirect from K T)
    species approximately 66 million years ago K–Pg boundary, formerly the K-T boundary, geologic abbreviation for the transition between the Cretaceous and...
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    Sharpton, VL (1988). Explosive Volcanism, Shock Metamorphism and the K-T Boundary. Global Catastrophes in Earth History: An Interdisciplinary Conference...
    7 KB (664 words) - 00:11, 4 June 2023
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    Middle and Late Miocene. Earth sciences portal Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary (KT boundary) Geologic time scale Late Cenozoic Ice Age "Cenozoic". Lexico UK...
    34 KB (3,640 words) - 01:25, 16 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Boundary layer
    In physics and fluid mechanics, a boundary layer is the thin layer of fluid in the immediate vicinity of a bounding surface formed by the fluid flowing...
    49 KB (7,678 words) - 05:32, 19 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Raton, New Mexico
    Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary, also known as the K-Pg or K-T boundary, or the iridium layer, can be viewed in Raton. A well-preserved sequence of rocks spans the K-T boundary...
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    Alvarez hypothesis (category Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary)
    the world at the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary (K–Pg boundary, formerly called Cretaceous–Tertiary or KT boundary) contain a concentration of iridium hundreds...
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  • Thumbnail for Timeline of Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event research
    Timeline of Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event research (category Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary)
    at the KT boundary in Alberta, Canada. Diamonds like these can form in explosions and are found in meteorites, so diamonds at the KT boundary support...
    120 KB (12,560 words) - 15:51, 21 July 2024
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    Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary (KT boundary). K is the traditional abbreviation for the Cretaceous Period derived from the German name Kreidezeit, and T is the abbreviation...
    18 KB (1,693 words) - 15:07, 10 August 2024
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    The impact created the sharp break known as the K–Pg boundary (formerly known as the KT boundary). Earth's biodiversity required substantial time to...
    95 KB (9,847 words) - 15:10, 10 August 2024
  • the iridium anomaly which characterized the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary (KT boundary) in stratigraphic sections worldwide. A section in El Kef, Tunisia...
    14 KB (1,387 words) - 18:59, 19 March 2024
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    with the above. Anomalies in chromium isotopic ratios found within the K-T boundary layer strongly support the impact theory. Chromium isotopic ratios are...
    107 KB (12,079 words) - 03:20, 29 July 2024
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    Keller, G.; Adatte, T.; Gardin, S.; Bartolini, A.; Bajpai, S. (2008). "Main Deccan volcanism phase ends near the KT boundary: Evidence from the Krishna-Godavari...
    147 KB (15,023 words) - 04:07, 12 August 2024
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    November 2019. Rampino, M. R.; Volk, T. (1988). "Mass extinctions, atmospheric sulphur and climatic warming at the K/T boundary". Nature. 332 (6159): 63–65. Bibcode:1988Natur...
    153 KB (17,307 words) - 14:16, 10 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Walter Alvarez
    discovered that a clay layer occurring right at the Cretaceous–Paleogene (K-Pg) boundary was highly enriched in the element iridium. Since iridium enrichment...
    15 KB (1,250 words) - 07:31, 30 July 2024
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