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Not quite Andrew. They have found shocked quartz, zircon, tektites etc
at other event boundary deposition layers. Not quite as much Iridium,
but this is not the
only mineral/element for evidence of impact. I have just not read/heard much
on further debate.
Interesting topic, eh.
Emilio
Andrew Grebneff wrote:
>> Havent read much about extinction events after the Chixulub crater
>> was found
>> and several books written re: Dinos, Chixulub and the KT. I assume the
>> debating is alive and well.
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>> Has anyone proposed, with some evidence, other crater/event
>> relationships
>> to the rest of the "Big Five"?
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> Some have proposed that all such mass-extinctions were
> impact-related. However the only one for which there is evidence of
> such a cause is the K-T. The others were all of other causes.
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