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Was the Falkland Islands region hit by a giant asteroid?
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Fossil News
Stone, P. and McCarthy, D., 2018. Were the Falkland Islands hit by a giant asteroid 250 million years ago?. Falkland Islands Journal, 11(2), pp.42-54. http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/521520/ http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/521520/1/STONE AND MCCARTHY FIJ 2018pp 42-54.pdf Yours, Paul H.- 1 reply
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Asteroid Impact Likely Created the Oldest Felsic Rocks on Earth
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Geology
Meteorite Bombardment Likely Created the Oldest Rocks on Earth By Meghan Bartels, Space.com Senior Writer | August 13, 2018 04:54pm ET https://www.space.com/41468-meteorite-bombardment-created-oldest-earth-rocks.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-08/gc-mbl081018.php Johnson, T.E., Gardiner, N.J., Miljković, K., Spencer, C.J., Kirkland, C.L., Bland, P.A. and Smithies, H., 2018. An impact melt origin for Earth’s oldest known evolved rocks. Nature Geoscience. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-018-0206-5 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-018-0206-5 Yours, Paul H.-
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