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The Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary in the Gosau Basin, Austria

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The Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary has been identified in the Gosau beds (Elendgraben) near Salzburg, Austria. The undisturbed 2-mm thick boundary clay in the palaeomagnetic G− zone differs from the surrounding sediments in having significant colour, no biogenic calcite and different contents of rare-earth and siderophile elements, carbon and magnetic minerals. The clay also contains shocked quartz and plagioclase particles, and indicates a dramatic change in sedimentation caused by a short-lived event.

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  1. Institut für Mineralogie, Kristallographie und Strukturchemie, Technische Universität Wien, Getreidemarkt 9, A-1060, Vienna, Austria

    A. Preisinger, E. Zobetz & A. J. Gratz

  2. Institut für Geologie, Universität Wien, A-1010, Vienna, Austria

    R. Lahodynsky

  3. Institut für Geophysik, Montanuniversität Leoben, A-8700, Leoben, Austria

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  4. Atominstitut der Österreichischen Universitäten, A-1020, Vienna, Austria

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  5. Naturhistorisches Museum, Burgring 7, A1014, Vienna, Austria

    F. Rögl

  6. Geologische Bundesanstalt, Rasumofskyg. 23, A-1031, Vienna, Austria

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Preisinger, A., Zobetz, E., Gratz, A. et al. The Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary in the Gosau Basin, Austria. Nature 322, 794–799 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1038/322794a0

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