The extinction of the dinosaurs and around three-quarters of all living species was almost
certainly caused by a large asteroid impact 66 million years ago. Seismic data acquired …

The number of newly discovered and confirmed impact structures on earth is growing
continuously. In this review paper, the main attributes of 198 confirmed impact structures and …

This article presents a current (as of September 2019) list of recommended ages for proven
terrestrial impact structures (n= 200) and deposits (n= 46) sourced from the primary …

The Chicxulub impact is thought to have triggered a global winter at the Cretaceous-
Palaeogene (K-Pg) boundary 66 million years ago. Yet the climatic consequences of the …

The Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) mass extinction is marked globally by elevated
concentrations of iridium, emplaced by a hypervelocity impact event 66 million years ago …

Highly expanded Cretaceous–Paleogene (K-Pg) boundary section from the Chicxulub peak
ring, recovered by International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP)–International Continental …

Abstract The Cretaceous/Palaeogene mass extinction eradicated 76% of species on Earth,.
It was caused by the impact of an asteroid, on the Yucatán carbonate platform in the …

The environmental severity of large impacts on Earth is influenced by their impact trajectory.
Impact direction and angle to the target plane affect the volume and depth of origin of …

The~ 180-km-diameter Chicxulub peak-ring crater and~ 240-km multiring basin, produced
by the impact that terminated the Cretaceous, is the largest remaining intact impact basin on …

Heavily shocked meteorites contain various types of high‐pressure polymorphs of major
minerals (olivine, pyroxene, feldspar, and quartz) and accessory minerals (chromite and Ca …