K-T Event, The

Synopsis: Shows evidence for an extraterrestrial object colliding with the earth - the Chicxulub impact crater of more than 200km in diameter in the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico, rocks in Haiti and northern Mexico, and the melt-ejecta layer and the fireball layer at the KT boundary in New Mexico. Studies the environmental consequences of the K-T event, in which a 10km diameter bolide (meteorite) struck the earth, and the key role it played in the mass extinction of animal and marine life at the end of the Cretaceous period.
Series: Earth and Life, Course S269
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.
Year of production: 1997
Availability: Sale; 2006 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)
Subjects: Environmental science; Geology
Keywords: bolides; K-T layer; meteorites

Producer

David Jackson

Cast

Carmen Jackson Pryce

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