Comments on: An intimate visit to the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary http://woostergeologists.scotblogs.wooster.edu/2010/05/21/an-intimate-visit-to-the-cretaceous-tertiary-boundary/ A World to Explore Mon, 13 May 2013 21:14:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: » Mass Extinctions and the Post-Cretaceous World (November 22) History of Life course at The College of Wooster http://woostergeologists.scotblogs.wooster.edu/2010/05/21/an-intimate-visit-to-the-cretaceous-tertiary-boundary/comment-page-1/#comment-5001 » Mass Extinctions and the Post-Cretaceous World (November 22) History of Life course at The College of Wooster Mon, 22 Nov 2010 10:18:02 +0000 http://woostergeologists.scotblogs.wooster.edu/?p=1625#comment-5001 [...] effects. I should add that I visited the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary this past summer in Alabama, Mississippi, Israel and The Netherlands, so I’m passionate about this story! We will briefly [...]

]]> By: Mark Wilson http://woostergeologists.scotblogs.wooster.edu/2010/05/21/an-intimate-visit-to-the-cretaceous-tertiary-boundary/comment-page-1/#comment-4539 Mark Wilson Sat, 22 May 2010 20:21:09 +0000 http://woostergeologists.scotblogs.wooster.edu/?p=1625#comment-4539 That would be fun, Meagen! The problem, though, is that at this locality we were so close to the impact that tsunamis and other effects (see above) have ensured there is no preservation of a discrete iridium-rich clay layer. We may find some material later that we can submit to your magic lab.

Hope the field trip is going well!

]]> By: Wooster Geologists » Blog Archive » Post-Cretaceous Weirdness http://woostergeologists.scotblogs.wooster.edu/2010/05/21/an-intimate-visit-to-the-cretaceous-tertiary-boundary/comment-page-1/#comment-4538 Wooster Geologists » Blog Archive » Post-Cretaceous Weirdness Sat, 22 May 2010 20:16:32 +0000 http://woostergeologists.scotblogs.wooster.edu/?p=1625#comment-4538 [...] some unusual complexity.   At the southern end of the section it is simple enough, as shown in a previous blog post.  Just a few meters north, though, the boundary section looks like this: Cretaceous-Tertiary [...]

]]> By: Meagen http://woostergeologists.scotblogs.wooster.edu/2010/05/21/an-intimate-visit-to-the-cretaceous-tertiary-boundary/comment-page-1/#comment-4537 Meagen Sat, 22 May 2010 14:43:06 +0000 http://woostergeologists.scotblogs.wooster.edu/?p=1625#comment-4537 Did you bring back a sample that I can zap in my labs? It would be neat to see if we could detect the Ir ourselves (I’ve never done that before!)

]]> By: Lyn http://woostergeologists.scotblogs.wooster.edu/2010/05/21/an-intimate-visit-to-the-cretaceous-tertiary-boundary/comment-page-1/#comment-4536 Lyn Sat, 22 May 2010 02:00:06 +0000 http://woostergeologists.scotblogs.wooster.edu/?p=1625#comment-4536 Those ferns are also thrilled to be in that place! And looks like a little moss there on the closeup! Glad you are having fun and getting some good stuff.

]]> By: Mark Wilson http://woostergeologists.scotblogs.wooster.edu/2010/05/21/an-intimate-visit-to-the-cretaceous-tertiary-boundary/comment-page-1/#comment-4533 Mark Wilson Fri, 21 May 2010 21:43:17 +0000 http://woostergeologists.scotblogs.wooster.edu/?p=1625#comment-4533 I had to look that one up, Ron, and now I get it!

]]> By: Ron Schott http://woostergeologists.scotblogs.wooster.edu/2010/05/21/an-intimate-visit-to-the-cretaceous-tertiary-boundary/comment-page-1/#comment-4532 Ron Schott Fri, 21 May 2010 21:06:32 +0000 http://woostergeologists.scotblogs.wooster.edu/?p=1625#comment-4532 K/T is just fine with me, but K-P(i)g is OK, too, mainly because of it’s “rock” related double entendre.

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