#iridium_anomaly

Iridium anomaly

Thin layer of the element iridium in rock strata at the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary

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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