Iridium anomaly
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iridium-anomaly-168-5531459
title:
Iridium anomaly
text:
The term iridium anomaly commonly refers to an unusual abundance of the chemical element iridium in a layer of rock strata at the Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) boundary. The unusually high concentration of a rare metal like iridium is often taken as evidence for an extraterrestrial impact event.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Thin layer of the element iridium in rock strata at the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iridium_anomaly
date created:
2006-11-19T04:02:25Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T23:28:32Z
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