The day the asteroid hit...

[lee_merrill]

Source: Associated Press

New research released Friday captures a fossilized snapshot of the day nearly 66 million years ago when an asteroid smacked Earth, fire rained from the sky and the ground shook far worse than any modern earthquake.

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Quite a discovery, if it pans out!

Blessings,
Lee

[shunyadragon]

Source: Associated Press

New research released Friday captures a fossilized snapshot of the day nearly 66 million years ago when an asteroid smacked Earth, fire rained from the sky and the ground shook far worse than any modern earthquake.

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Quite a discovery, if it pans out!

Blessings,
Lee

I may present a more academic source, but in general nothing new. What is new is the have generated a detail computer simulator model of the impact and its catastrophic effects world wide. This simulator has been applied to a number of impacts. A great deal of evidence is known such as: (1) A detailed study of the impact. (2) Worldwide deposit of tektites in a layer of meteorite debri in many paces. (3) Devastating disruption of the surface across North America.

More to follow concerning the new model simulation.

[lee_merrill]

I may present a more academic source, but in general nothing new.

Well, what is new here is the presence of fossil animals on the day of the impact, which is remarkable.

Blessings,
Lee

[shunyadragon]

Well, what is new here is the presence of fossil animals on the day of the impact, which is remarkable.

Blessings,
Lee

Yes, this is the first time an extensive fossil deposit has been found related to the meteor strick.

[KingsGambit]

How would they know it dates from that particular day?

[lee_merrill]

How would they know it dates from that particular day?

Well, they found evidence of an impact in the fossils:

Source: AP

The researchers say they found evidence in North Dakota of the asteroid hit in Mexico, including fish with hot glass in their gills from flaming debris that showered back down on Earth. They also reported the discovery of charred trees, evidence of an inland tsunami and melted amber.

Separately, University of Amsterdam's Jan Smit disclosed that he and his colleagues even found dinosaur footsteps from just before their demise.

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And I would assume they dated the site to about the time of the Chicxulub crater.

Blessings,
Lee

[shunyadragon]

How would they know it dates from that particular day?

Also in different places all around the world there is a distinctive clay layer containing tektites and Iridium associated with the meteorite impact and the end of the Cretaceous Period. This discovery is associated with this layer. Also all the large Dinosaurs and other animals perished at this time, and are not found above this layer.

[Sparko]

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