简介：Evidenceforamantleand/orbasalticcomponentinKTboundarydistalejectaisapparentlyinconsistentwithejectionfromChicxulubCratersinceitislocatedon~35kmthickcontinentalcrust(DePaoloetal.,1983;Montanarietal.,1983;HildebrandandBoynton,1988,1990).Evidenceformafic/ultramafictargetrockswasreinforcedbydiscoveryofchromites,somewithshockplanardeformationfeatures(PDF),inimpactlayersamplesfromsitesinsouthernColoradoandeasternWyoming(Bohoretal.,1990).However,untilnowitwasunclearwhetherthechromitesoriginatedwithanimpactororwithterrestrialtargetrocks.Tothisend,high-precision54Cr/52CrisotoperatiosweremeasuredonKTboundarychromitesalongwithknownterrestrialchromites.Wefindaterrestrial54Cr/52CrratioinKTboundarychromitesfromimpactlayersamplescollectedattheabovesitesoverthelastseveralyears(Fig.1).Ejectedterrestrialchromitessuggesttheimpactsampledterrestrialmaficand/orultramafictargetrocksnotknowntoexistintheChicxulubtargetarea.