The Chicxulub Asteroid Impact and Mass Extinction at the Cretaceous-Paleogene Boundary

Schulte, Peter; Alegret, Laia; Arenillas, Ignacio; Antonio Arz, José; J. Barton, P.; R. Bown, Paul; J. Bralower, Timothy; Christeson, Gail; Claeys, Philippe; S. Cockell, Charles; S. Collins, G.; Deutsch, A.; Goldin, Tamara; Goto, Kazuhisa; Manuel Grajales-Nishimura, José; A. F. Grieve, R.; P. S. Gulick, S.; R. Johnson, Kirk; Kiessling, Wolfgang; Koeberl, Christian; A. Kring, D.; G. MacLeod, Kenneth; Matsui, Takafumi; Melosh, J.; Montanari, Alessandro; Morgan, Joanna; R. Neal, C.; J. Nichols, Douglas; D. Norris, Richard; Pierazzo, E.; Ravizza, Greg; Rebolledo‐Vieyra, M.; U. Reimold, W.; Robin, Éric; Salge, T.; P. Speijer, Robert; R Sweet, A; Urrutia‐Fucugauchi, J.; Vajda, Vivi; T. Whalen, Michael; Suhr Willumsen, Pi

doi:10.1126/science.1177265

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The Chicxulub Asteroid Impact and Mass Extinction at the Cretaceous-Paleogene Boundary

Published in Science • Mar 4, 2010

Authors:

Peter Schulte

Laia Alegret

Ignacio Arenillas

Abstract

The Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary approximately 65.5 million years ago marks one of the three largest mass extinctions in the past 500 million years. The extinction event coincided with a large asteroid impact at Chicxulub, Mexico, and occurred within the time of Deccan flood basalt volcanism in Ind...

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Extinction event

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Asteroid

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