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K/T boundary

British

noun

geology
1. Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary: the time zone comprising the end of the Cretaceous and the beginning of the Tertiary periods
2. ( as modifier )
  
  K/T boundary sediments

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Etymology

Origin of K/T boundary

C20 K and T , symbols for Cretaceous and Tertiary, respectively

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