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Anomalías elementales en el límite entre el Cretácico y el Terciario, Woodside Creek, Nueva Zelanda
Resumen
El esquisto límite Cretácico-Terciario en Woodside Creek, Nueva Zelanda, muestra altas concentraciones de iridio y elementos siderófilos. Estos hallazgos apoyan un evento de impacto extraterrestre como la fuente del material límite.
Área de la Ciencia:
- La geoquímica es la geoquímica.
- Paleontología Paleontología.
- Cosmoquímica es la cosmoquímica.
Sus antecedentes:
- El límite Cretácico-Terciario (K-T) marca un evento significativo de extinción masiva.
- Las anomalías de iridio son indicadores clave de impactos extraterrestres.
- Estudios previos identificaron anomalías de iridio en los sitios límite K-T a nivel mundial.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para analizar la composición elemental del esquisto límite K-T en Woodside Creek, Nueva Zelanda.
- Para comparar datos geoquímicos con otros sitios del límite K-T.
- Para evaluar la hipótesis de impacto extraterrestre para el evento límite K-T.
Principales métodos:
- Determinación de 27 elementos, incluido el iridio y otros elementos siderófilos, en muestras de esquisto.
- Análisis estratigráfico de una separación de esquisto de 8 milímetros en el límite K-T.
- Comparación de las concentraciones elementales en una base libre de carbonatos.
Principales resultados:
- Enriquecimiento de iridio, oro, cobre, cobalto, cromo, níquel, arsénico, molibdeno y hierro en los 2 mm basales de la pizarra.
- Sorprendentes similitudes de composición entre las pizarras de frontera de Nueva Zelanda y Dinamarca.
- Concentración de iridio excepcionalmente alta (153 ng/g) y valor integrado (187 ng/cm2) en la capa basal, que excede a otras pizarras de límite marino.
Conclusiones:
- El enriquecimiento elemental, particularmente el iridio y los elementos siderófilos, apoya fuertemente una fuente extraterrestre para el material límite K-T en Woodside Creek.
- La relación iridio/oro es consistente con un origen extraterrestre.
- Los hallazgos refuerzan la importancia global de los impactos extraterrestres en la historia de la Tierra.
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