A new northern high-latitude Cretaceous–Tertiary (K–T) boundary section has been studied at Annertuneq on the north coast of Nuussuaq, central West Greenland (Fig. 1). This boundary section (Fig. 2) is the northern-most marine boundary section recognised so far (placed at palaeolatitude 58°N by Smit...
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| Summary: | A new northern high-latitude Cretaceous–Tertiary (K–T) boundary section has been studied at Annertuneq on the north coast of Nuussuaq, central West Greenland (Fig. 1). This boundary section (Fig. 2) is the northern-most marine boundary section recognised so far (placed at palaeolatitude 58°N by Smith et al. 1981) and has been studied with respect to palynology, palaeontology, sed-imentology, rare earth elements, magnetic susceptibil-ity and carbon isotopes in order to describe and provide the context for the marine floristic changes across the K–T boundary in high northern latitudes (Nøhr-Hansen & Dam 1997; Kennedy et al. in press). The present paper is a summary of a research project on the K–T boundary section at Annertuneq, supported by the |
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