Chicxulub impact structure

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Chicxulub_impact_structure
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:lunar_impact_crater
gptkbp:age about 66 million years
gptkbp:buriedUnder geological formation
gptkbp:country gptkb:Mexico
gptkbp:diameter 180 kilometers
gptkbp:discoveredBy Glen Penfield
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1978
gptkbp:drilledBy gptkb:International_Ocean_Discovery_Program
gptkbp:evidence gptkb:shocked_quartz
iridium layer
tektites
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Chicxulub impact structure
gptkbp:impactorDiameter 10–15 kilometers
gptkbp:impactorType asteroid or comet
gptkbp:latitude 21.4° N
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Yucatán_Peninsula
gptkbp:longitude 89.5° W
gptkbp:maximumDepth 20 kilometers
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Chicxulub
gptkbp:nearestCity gptkb:Mérida
gptkb:Chicxulub_Puerto
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Gulf_of_Mexico
gptkbp:period gptkb:Cretaceous–Paleogene_boundary
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Cretaceous–Paleogene_extinction_event
gptkbp:significance linked to dinosaur extinction
gptkbp:type multi-ringed basin
gptkbp:visibleAtSurface no
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Global_Geopark_(Chicxulub_Crater_Geopark)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6