K-T boundary, can I see it on land in Australia? Ideally close to Melbourne

[chenxchen]

I really want to see it, would someone know if there is any site in Australia? Ideally close to Melbourne.

Many thanks

[CraigHyatt]

According to this thread http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/38696-k-t-boundry/

Actually, there is one place in Australia where you can see the boundary.

From the Australian Heritage Database:

"The contact between stratigraphic layers representing the actual K/T boundary is vividly exposed in Giralia Range, but nowhere else in Australia: a thin bed of the Boongerooda Greensand overlies two metres of soft fossiliferous limestone. The greensand was almost certainly formed in a cold ocean, but the immediately-underlying limestone must have formed in much warmer waters. This contact demonstrates that in a virtual geological instant, the marine fauna changed on a scale not seen since the Permo-Triassic extinction 180 million years earlier, at the close of the Palaeozoic era 250 million years ago (McNamara 1997; Craig 2002)."

It's about 4,472 km from Melbourne, roughly a 2 day drive according to Google maps.

Edited August 19, 2016 by CraigHyatt

[Ridgehiker]

It's about 4,472 km from Melbourne, roughly a 2 day drive according to Google maps.

Craig, 'colonials' in Canada and Australia snicker when Texans talk about how big their state is.

For fun, go to about 1:35 of this video. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BXqKkYYALMU

[CraigHyatt]

Craig, 'colonials' in Canada and Australia snicker when Texans talk about how big their state is.

For fun, go to about 1:35 of this video. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BXqKkYYALMU

And, in retrospect, that 48 hour time for 4,472 km doesn't include stopping to eat and sleep, so unless you are in a Smokey and the Bandit movie, it would likely take 4 or 5 days.