Did asteroid cause ancient N.Y. tsunami?
Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 16:42
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Long before New York City was the Big Apple, or even New Amsterdam, a giant tsunami crashed ashore. No one knows for sure what caused it, but new clues found in the Hudson's silt suggest an asteroid 330 feet in diameter slammed into the Atlantic Ocean nearby.
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