Major meteor impacts like Vredefort and Chicxulub produced distinct sediment boundaries
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Major impacts like Chicxulub are well documented to have created distinct global sediment and stratigraphic boundaries, such as the K-Pg boundary layer.
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Wikipedia: Chicxulub crater
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journals.plos.org: Unraveling the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary event across the Gulf of Mexico—High-resolution Rayon reef section, Valles-San Luis Potosi platform, Mexico | PLOS One
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Explains that the Chicxulub impact produced distinct distal and proximal boundary sections with unique mineralogy and stratigraphy.