Dinosaur-killing asteroid caused molten rock to burst from ocean floor –study
by Associated Press in Washington from on (#3FBFK)
- Scientists believe asteroid set off chain of cataclysmic eruptions
- Violent eruptions occurred on floor of Pacific and Indian oceans
The giant space rock that wiped out the dinosaurs may have set off a chain of cataclysmic volcanic eruptions on land and undersea, claims a new study that is already dividing scientists.
About 66 million years ago, a six-mile wide asteroid smacked into earth, creating the Chicxulub crater in the Yucatan and sparking deadly chaos.
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