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As of the beginning of 2012, at least 23 probable or confirmed occurrences of distal impact ejecta or distal impact ejecta layers had been reported in the literature, including: five in the Cenozoic, three in the Mesozoic, three or possibly four in the Paleozoic, and twelve in the Precambrian.
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Glass, B.P., Simonson, B.M. (2013). Distal Impact Ejecta Layers and Earth History. In: Distal Impact Ejecta Layers. Impact Studies. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-88262-6_11
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