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Impact in the Caribbean and death of the dinosaurs
Author(s) -
BENTON MICHAEL J.,
LITTLE CRISPIN T. S.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
geology today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.188
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1365-2451
pISSN - 0266-6979
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2451.1994.tb00994.x
Subject(s) - geology , caribbean region , paleontology , archaeology , geography , political science , latin americans , law
New work on the 65‐million‐year‐old Chicxulub crater in Mexico shows how giant impacts on Earth occurred. The geological evidence for the aftermath of the impact is currently hotly debated.