The Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary in the Gosau Basin, Austria (original) (raw)

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• Published: 28 August 1986
• E. Zobetz1,
• A. J. Gratz1 nAff7,
• R. Lahodynsky2,
• M. Becke3,
• H. J. Mauritsch3,
• G. Eder4,
• F. Grass4,
• F. Rögl5,
• H. Stradner6 &
• …
• R. Surenian6

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The Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary has been identified in the Gosau beds (Elendgraben) near Salzburg, Austria. The undisturbed 2-mm thick boundary clay in the palaeomagnetic G− zone differs from the surrounding sediments in having significant colour, no biogenic calcite and different contents of rare-earth and siderophile elements, carbon and magnetic minerals. The clay also contains shocked quartz and plagioclase particles, and indicates a dramatic change in sedimentation caused by a short-lived event.

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1. A. J. Gratz
   Present address: Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, California, 90024, USA

Authors and Affiliations

1. Institut für Mineralogie, Kristallographie und Strukturchemie, Technische Universität Wien, Getreidemarkt 9, A-1060, Vienna, Austria
   A. Preisinger, E. Zobetz & A. J. Gratz
2. Institut für Geologie, Universität Wien, A-1010, Vienna, Austria
   R. Lahodynsky
3. Institut für Geophysik, Montanuniversität Leoben, A-8700, Leoben, Austria
   M. Becke & H. J. Mauritsch
4. Atominstitut der Österreichischen Universitäten, A-1020, Vienna, Austria
   G. Eder & F. Grass
5. Naturhistorisches Museum, Burgring 7, A1014, Vienna, Austria
   F. Rögl
6. Geologische Bundesanstalt, Rasumofskyg. 23, A-1031, Vienna, Austria
   H. Stradner & R. Surenian

Authors

1. A. Preisinger
2. E. Zobetz
3. A. J. Gratz
4. R. Lahodynsky
5. M. Becke
6. H. J. Mauritsch
7. G. Eder
8. F. Grass
9. F. Rögl
10. H. Stradner
11. R. Surenian

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Preisinger, A., Zobetz, E., Gratz, A. et al. The Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary in the Gosau Basin, Austria.Nature 322, 794–799 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1038/322794a0

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• Received: 10 February 1986
• Accepted: 19 June 1986
• Issue date: 28 August 1986
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/322794a0

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