Stevns Klint
World Heritage
Denmark
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The geological site includes a 15-kilometer-long fossil-rich coastal cliff that provides exceptional evidence for the Chicxulub meteorite impact at the end of the Cretaceous period, approximately 65 million years ago. Researchers believe this caused the largest mass extinction event ever recorded on Earth, resulting in the loss of more than 50% of life on Earth. The site preserves a record of the ash cloud created by the meteorite impact—the exact location is off the coast of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula. An exceptional fossil record can be seen at the site, showing a complete succession of fauna and microfauna following the mass extinction, documenting the process of species recovery.
# fossil
# Chicxulub meteorite
# Late Cretaceous
# Extinction event
# Yucatan Peninsula
# Volcanic ash cloud records
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| country | Denmark |
| image | http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stevns%20klint.jpg |
| image | http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/StevnsKlint.jpg |
| image | http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/KPg%20stevns.png |
| instance of | Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary |
| instance of | cliff |
| executive body | Stevns Klint |
| office held by head of the organization | http://g.co/kg/m/01117_vn |
| Commons category | Stevns Klint |
| coordinate location | Point(12.45 55.2822) |
| start time | 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| length | 17 |
| elevation above sea level | 1 |