A steeply-inclined trajectory for the Chicxulub impact

[Oxytropidoceras]

Dinosaur-dooming asteroid struck Earth at 

'deadliest possible' angle Imperial College London, May 26, 2020

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/05/200526111320.htm

 

Collins, G.S., Patel, N., Davison, T.M. et al. A steeply-

inclined trajectory for the Chicxulub impact. Nat 

Commun 11, 1480 (2020). 

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-15269-x

 

Another paper:

 

Rae, A.S., Collins, G.S., Poelchau, M., Riller, U., Davison,

T.M., Grieve, R.A., Osinski, G.R., Morgan, J.V. and 

Expedition, I.I., 2019. Stress‐Strain Evolution During 

Peak‐Ring Formation: A Case Study of the Chicxulub 

Impact Structure. Journal of Geophysical Research: 

Planets, 124(2), pp.396-417.

https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/192907/1/192907.pdf

https://hal.umontpellier.fr/hal-02128150/document

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.