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What is found in the K-T boundary?

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Anonymous

17y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

I think you are referring to the 'iridium spike' - the Yucatan impactor brought to earth a quantity of iridium that was deposited and is detectable at the K-T boundary (the Cretaceous - Tertiary boundary) wherever this is found round the planet.

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