Meteors And Volcanoes Coincidence? Massive Extinction And Then An Ice Age 35 Million Years Apart
Sunday, January 11, 2009 - 01:56
in Paleontology & Archaeology
No one can draw a connection between meteorite impacts and massive volcanic activity but the one certain instance where it has been confirmed, at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary, was the catastrophic event thought to be responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. read more
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