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Which feature is one of the pieces of evidence that indicates that the boundary between the Cretaceous Period and the Tertiary was marked by the impact of a large meteorite (bolide)?​

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  • The impact gave acid rain, depending on rocks the asteroid struck.
  • Impact hypotheses can only explain very rapid extinctions, since the dust clouds and possible sulphuric aerosols would wash out of the atmosphere.
  • the K–Pg layer consistently show the excess of the iridium.

Step-by-step explanation:

  • The meteorite impact and the extinction of the species at the cretaceous boundary are known as the K and T boundary and can be understood using the thin band of rocks. The evidence is given by the Alvarez hypothesis and the higher iridium on the earth's crust.
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