Late Maastrichtian age of spherule deposits in northeastern Mexico: implication for Chicxulub scenario
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Title
Late Maastrichtian age of spherule deposits in northeastern Mexico: implication for Chicxulub scenario
Journal
Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
ISSN-L
0008-4077
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2001
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
38
Pages
229-238
Language
english
Abstract
In the La Sierrita area of Nuevo Leon, Mexico, three spherule layers are
present and separated from the overlying siliciclastic deposits by up to
6 m of pelagic marls. The marls are of latest Maastrichtian age
(Plummerita hantkeninoides (CF1) Zone, Micula prinsii Zone) and
deposited under normal pelagic conditions with no significant evidence
of reworking or slumping. Original deposition of the spherule layers
occurred during the last 300 ka of the Maastrichtian and well prior to
the Cretaceous-Tertiary (K-T) boundary event. Thus, if the spherules in
northeastern Mexico provide critical evidence of an impact at Chicxulub,
this impact predates the K-T boundary.
present and separated from the overlying siliciclastic deposits by up to
6 m of pelagic marls. The marls are of latest Maastrichtian age
(Plummerita hantkeninoides (CF1) Zone, Micula prinsii Zone) and
deposited under normal pelagic conditions with no significant evidence
of reworking or slumping. Original deposition of the spherule layers
occurred during the last 300 ka of the Maastrichtian and well prior to
the Cretaceous-Tertiary (K-T) boundary event. Thus, if the spherules in
northeastern Mexico provide critical evidence of an impact at Chicxulub,
this impact predates the K-T boundary.
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