Sanidine spherules at the Cretaceous–Tertiary boundary indicate a large impact event

Extraterrestrial Cause for the Cretaceous-Tertiary Extinction

Luis W. Alvarez, Walter Álvarez, Frank Asaro et al. · Science · 1980 · 4K citations

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Paleontology +14

Impact and Explosion Cratering

S. K. Runcorn · Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors · 1984 · 1.3K citations

Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Blasting +8

An extraterrestrial event at the Cretaceous–Tertiary boundary

Jan Smit, J. Hertogen · Nature · 1980 · 416 citations

Natural Sciences, Archaeology, Earth Sciences +13

A Major Meteorite Impact on the Earth 65 Million Years Ago: Evidence from the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary Clay

R. Ganapathy · Science · 1980 · 212 citations

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Geology +13

Siderophile-enriched sediments from the Cretaceous–Tertiary boundary

Frank T. Kyte, Zhiming Zhou, J. T. Wasson · Nature · 1980 · 185 citations

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Geology +10