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Mapping the Demise of the Dinosaurs | #Geology #GeologyPage About 65 million years ago, an asteroid or comet crashed into a shallow sea near what is now the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico. The resulting firestorm and global dust cloud caused the extinction of many land plants and large animals, including most of the dinosaurs. At this weeks meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in San Francisco, MBARI researchers will present evidence that remnants from this devastating impact are exposed along the Campeche Escarpment -- an immense underwater cliff in the southern Gulf of Mexico. Read more : geologypage/2013/12/mapping-demise-of-dinosaurs.html Geology Page geologypage
Posted on: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 04:00:00 +0000

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