Day 2 (7/7/03) - West Bijou Creek at Soil Conservation District

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Panoramic image of K/T boundary at West Bijou Creek (4 images).  Outcrop named "Big Phone Booth".  Bottom of outcrop is carbonaceous mudstone, above that is coal (lignite), then a white ash layer, then Paleocene plants.  Thus, the K-T boundary has been crossed in this single outcrop.  Evidence of K-T is present in pollen, shocked quartz, Iridium and a 50% extinction rate of plants.
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Panoramic image of K/T boundary at West Bijou Creek (4 images). Outcrop named "Big Phone Booth". Bottom of outcrop is carbonaceous mudstone, above that is coal (lignite), then a white ash layer, then Paleocene plants. Thus, the K-T boundary has been crossed in this single outcrop. Evidence of K-T is present in pollen, shocked quartz, Iridium and a 50% extinction rate of plants.