KnowraChicxulub craterLinked fromLinked fromThe 26 pages that link to Chicxulub crater, each with the reason it gives.All 26Broader topic 13Related 13Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction eventBroader topic: Its geology preserves direct evidence of the impact associated with the extinction.CretaceousBroader topic: The crater records the impact linked to the period's terminal extinction.Impact craterBroader topic: Its discovery linked a large crater to a globally consequential impact.Impact crateringBroader topic: Its formation is linked to the environmental crisis at the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary.CatastrophismBroader topic: Its age and evidence of impact connect it to the end-Cretaceous catastrophe.K–Pg boundaryBroader topic: Its age, size, and location connect a physical impact site to boundary deposits worldwide.Yucatán PeninsulaBroader topic: The crater lies beneath the peninsula and influenced its subsurface structure.Luis AlvarezBroader topic: Its age and scale later supplied a terrestrial counterpart to the Alvarez impact hypothesis.Impact eventBroader topic: Its geology preserves evidence of the collision associated with the end-Cretaceous extinction.Cretaceous–Paleogene boundaryBroader topic: Its age and location connect the impact directly to the boundary event.Chicxulub impactBroader topic: The crater preserves the physical record of the impact beneath the Yucatán Peninsula.Marine geologyBroader topic: Its marine setting and drilled rocks preserve evidence of a major impact event.Alvarez hypothesisBroader topic: Its age, size, and location identify the impact site proposed by the hypothesis.