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Trace element patterns at a non-marine Cretaceous–Tertiary boundary

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At the fossil-pollen-defined Cretaceous–Tertiary boundary in the Raton Basin of New Mexico and Colorado, an iridium abundance anomaly and excess scandium, titanium, and chromium are associated with a thin ash or dust fallout bed (now kaolinitic clay) that was preserved in freshwater coal swamps.

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    J. S. Gilmore, J. D. Knight & C. J. Orth

  2. US Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado, 80225, USA

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Gilmore, J., Knight, J., Orth, C. et al. Trace element patterns at a non-marine Cretaceous–Tertiary boundary. Nature 307, 224–228 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1038/307224a0

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