A new look at the nature of the transitional layer at the...

RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES VOL. 7, ES6001, doi:10.2205/2005ES000189, 2005

A new look at the nature of the transitional layer at the K/T boundary near Gams, Eastern Alps, Austria, and the problem of the mass extinction of the biota

A. F. Grachev¹, O. A. Korchagin², H. A. Kollmann³, D. M. Pechersky¹, and V. A. Tsel'movich¹
¹Institute of Physics of the Earth, Moscow, Russia
²Geological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
³National Museum of Natural History, Vienna, Austria

Received 15 September 2005; accepted 21 September 2005; published 24 December 2005.

Keywords: K/T boundary, volcanism, impact event, Eastern Alps.

Index Terms: 1051 Geochemistry: Sedimentary geochemistry; 1519 Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism: Magnetic mineralogy and petrology; 1630 Global Change: Impacts of global change.

Citation: Grachev, A. F., O. A. Korchagin, H. A. Kollmann, D. M. Pechersky, and V. A. Tsel'movich (2005), A new look at the nature of the transitional layer at the K/T boundary near Gams, Eastern Alps, Austria, and the problem of the mass extinction of the biota, Russ. J. Earth Sci., 7, ES6001, doi:10.2205/2005ES000189.