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Author(s) -
Carlowicz Michael
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/97eo00068
Subject(s) - impact crater , geology , oceanography , meteorite , earth science , drilling , astrobiology , engineering , physics , mechanical engineering
Ocean scientists studying sediments gathered off of the coast of South Carolina have found new evidence that a meteorite smashed into the Caribbean some 65 million years ago, forming the Chicxulub impact crater and wiping out many of Earth's species. Researchers returning from a winter expedition of the Ocean Drilling Program announced in mid‐February that they had found a signature of the impact more than 1600 km from the crater itself.
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