The K/T boundary of Gams (Eastern Alps, Austria) and the by Grachev A.F.

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Very interesting results on He isotopy were obtained from suspended material of glacial water of Mount Elbrus [Sobotovich, 1976]. 5×10−5 , nearly coinciding with values obtained from deep oceanic red clays. 1×10−8 , which is two to three orders smaller and close to usual values of rocks of the continental crust [Sobotovich, 1976]. , 1980, and many others]. Naturally, the study of He isotopy in the K/T layer is of great significance for the possibility of detecting solar helium traces. , 1985]. However, the ratio 3 He/4 He could be determined only for one bulk sample), in which the ratio of 14×10−6 was obtained at the atmospheric value of the ratio 40 Ar/36 Ar.

2007b]. , 1999], but, in the Gams section, zircon is present in approximately equal amounts in all parts of the transitional layer. , 1996]. However, no data point to the presence of Li minerals in the layer J. , this effect is negligibly small. 9. , 1998]. , in the sedimentation conditions) during the deposition of the layer J. , 2001]. However, the smallest values of the ratio 3 He/4 He are obtained for the upper part of the Gams section, where some features indicating an impact? , 2005, 2008b].

The REE concentration in sample L6 is systematically higher in the clay fraction than in the whole-rock sample. The chondrite-normalized REE patterns of the Gams sequence generally confirm the known characteristic of clayey shales, namely, their uniform REE patterns [Taylor, McLennan, 1985]. The most conspicuous features of the REE patterns of the rocks are their pronounced enrichment in LREE and weak Eu anomalies. 6. 5. 3 7 11 7 8 11 10 18 5 15 17 13 17 16 14 26 13 18 17 38 34 46 44 36 40 40 51 61 167 180 185 177 190 100 151 150 161 154 141 120 111 85 62 96 V 33 68 112 24 13 21 17 25 26 97 88 78 66 68 33 29 37 63 40 34 51 53 58 36 83 7 7 6 8 10 7 8 7 7 40 40 42 39 41 25 16 13 10 15 13 15 28 20 17 35 98 87 105 64 53 44 50 51 77 162 169 180 177 192 74 90 78 73 79 80 80 84 98 47 120 Cu Pb Zn Note: Transitional layer J is shown by bold; nd – not determined.

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