Chicxulub impact crater

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astrobleme impact crater

The Chicxulub impact crater is a massive buried structure in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula formed by an asteroid impact widely linked to the mass extinction event that wiped out the non-avian dinosaurs.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Chicxulub impact crater canonical 5
Chicxulub impact event 3
Chicxulub impact structure 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astrobleme ⓘ
impact crater ⓘ
age about 66 million years ⓘ
associatedWith Cretaceous–Paleogene mass extinction ⓘ
extinction of many ammonites ⓘ
extinction of many marine reptiles ⓘ
extinction of non-avian dinosaurs ⓘ
burialDepth several hundred meters below surface in many areas ⓘ
buriedUnder younger sedimentary rocks ⓘ
causeOf global environmental disruption ⓘ
climateEffect longer-term climatic perturbations ⓘ
short-term global cooling ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
diameter about 150 kilometers ⓘ
discoveredBy Antonio Camargo ⓘ
Glen Penfield ⓘ
discoveryDate late 1970s ⓘ
discoveryMethod geophysical survey ⓘ
energyRelease on the order of 10^23 joules ⓘ
evidence impact melt rocks ⓘ
iridium anomaly ⓘ
shocked quartz ⓘ
geologicalBoundary Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary ⓘ
geologicalPeriod Late Cretaceous ⓘ
identifiedAsImpactStructure 1990s ⓘ
impactEvent Chicxulub impact crater self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Chicxulub impact event
impactingBody asteroid ⓘ
impactorDiameter about 10 kilometers ⓘ
languageOfName Yucatec Maya ⓘ
linkedTo global ejecta layer ⓘ
global iridium-rich K–Pg boundary layer ⓘ
worldwide tektite deposits ⓘ
locatedIn Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ
state of Yucatán ⓘ
locatedNear town of Chicxulub Pueblo ⓘ
namedAfter Chicxulub Pueblo ⓘ
nameMeaning “tail of the devil” in Yucatec Maya ⓘ
oneOfLargest known impact structures on Earth ⓘ
partOf North America ⓘ
radius about 75 kilometers ⓘ
researchProject International Ocean Discovery Program drilling project 364 ⓘ
significance key evidence for impact hypothesis of K–Pg extinction ⓘ
structureFeature multi-ring basin ⓘ
peak ring ⓘ
studiedBy geologists ⓘ
geophysicists ⓘ
paleontologists ⓘ
tsunamiGeneration mega-tsunamis in the Gulf of Mexico ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary → correlatesWith → Chicxulub impact crater ⓘ
Chicxulub impact crater → impactEvent → Chicxulub impact crater self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicxulub impact event
Hell Creek Formation → associatedWith → Chicxulub impact crater ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicxulub impact event
Glen Penfield → associatedWith → Chicxulub impact crater ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicxulub impact structure
International Ocean Discovery Program drilling project 364 → alsoKnownAs → Chicxulub impact crater ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicxulub impact crater drilling project
International Ocean Discovery Program drilling project 364 → hasResearchArea → Chicxulub impact crater ⓘ
International Ocean Discovery Program drilling project 364 → linkedToEvent → Chicxulub impact crater ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicxulub impact event
Chicxulub Pueblo → hasNameOrigin → Chicxulub impact crater ⓘ
Chicxulub Pueblo → givesNameTo → Chicxulub impact crater ⓘ
Chicxulub Pueblo → locatedNear → Chicxulub impact crater ⓘ
Chicxulub Pueblo → hasNearbyGeologicalFeature → Chicxulub impact crater ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicxulub impact structure
Chicxulub Pueblo → locatedInGeologicContext → Chicxulub impact crater ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicxulub impact region
Late Cretaceous → associatedWithEvent → Chicxulub impact crater ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicxulub impact