Re: What really happened 65 Ma ago (not a joke)

[David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>]

> I seem to recall reading somewhere that there are sedimentary deposits
> between the basaltic layers of the Deccan Traps that contain dinosaur
> fossils.  Has the iridium layer been recorded anywhere in the Deccan
> outcrops?

Yes, right above the last dinosaur fossils, and between two lava flows.

> There is also reports that the impact crater has a different date to the
> iridium layer.  Is Gerta Keller a lone voice?

Yes. She has found Cretaceous sediments in a drill core from the crater --  
but the vertical walls of a primary crater that is tens of km deep are 
expected to fall down!