Post-impact event bed (tsunamite) at the Cretaceous-Palaeogene boundary deposited on a distal carbonate platform interior

Korbar, Tvrtko, McDonald, Iain ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9066-7244, Premec Fucek, Vlasta, Fucek, Ladislav and Posilovic, Hrvoje 2017. Post-impact event bed (tsunamite) at the Cretaceous-Palaeogene boundary deposited on a distal carbonate platform interior. Terra Nova 29 (2) , pp. 135-143. 10.1111/ter.12257

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Abstract

We show crucial evidence for the Cretaceous–Palaeogene (K–Pg) boundary event recorded within a rare succession deposited in an inner-platform lagoon on top of a Mesozoic, tropical, intra-oceanic (western Tethys) Adriatic carbonate platform, which is exposed at Likva cove on the island of Brač (Croatia). The last terminal Maastrichtian fossils appear within a distinct 10–12 cm thick event bed that is characterized by soft-sediment bioturbation and rare shocked-quartz grains, and is interpreted as a distal tsunamite. Directly overlying this is a 2 cm thick reddish-brown clayey mudstone containing planktonic foraminifera typical of the basal Danian, and with elevated platinum-group elements in chondritic proportions indicating a clear link to the Chicxulub asteroid impact. These results strongly support the first discovery of a “potential” K–Pg boundary tsunamite on the neighboring island of Hvar, and these two complementary sections represent probably the most complete record of the event among known distal shallow-marine successions.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Earth and Environmental Sciences
Subjects:	Q Science > QE Geology
Publisher:	Wiley
ISSN:	0954-4879
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	19 February 2017
Date of Acceptance:	31 January 2017
Last Modified:	29 Nov 2024 23:30
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/98381

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