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At Tanis, scientists studied the remains of three sturgeons and three paddlefish, using in particular high-resolution X-ray tomographic analysis from the Grenoble European Synchrotron (ESRF). They first established that the fish had indeed perished in the seiche episode, which was accompanied by a rain of glass spherules... https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/23/world/asteroid-dinosaur-extinction-spring-scn/index.html The research is described in a paper published Wednesday (Dec. 8) in the journal Scientific Reports.
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Chicxulub impact tsunami megaripples in the subsurface of Louisiana
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Giant tsunami from dino-killing asteroid impact revealed in fossilized ‘megaripples’ By Akila Raghavan, AAAS Science, Jul. 12, 2021 The paper is: Kinsland, G.L., Egedahl, K., Strong, M.A. and Ivy, R., 2021. Chicxulub impact tsunami megaripples in the subsurface of Louisiana: Imaged in petroleum industry seismic data. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 570, no.117063. Yours, Paul H.- 1 reply
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Breakup of a long-period comet as the origin of the dinosaur extinction
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Astronomers: A comet fragment, not an asteroid, killed off the dinosaurs Jupiter's gravity pushed comet toward Sun; comet was ripped apart by tidal forces. Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, February 15, 2021 https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/02/astronomers-a-comet-fragment-not-an-asteroid-killed-off-the-dinosaurs/ The open access paper is: Siraj, A. and Loeb, A., Breakup of a Long-Period Comet as the Origin of the Dinosaur Extinction. Scientific Reports volume 11, Article number: 3803 (2021) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-82320-2 https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/~loeb/SLD.pdf Keep warm and safe out there Paul H. -
Explosive interaction of impact melt and seawater following the Chicxulub impact event
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Osinski, G.R., Grieve, R.A., Hill, P.J., Simpson, S.L., Cockell, C., Christeson, G.L., Ebert, M., Gulick, S., Melosh, H.J., Riller, U. and Tikoo, S.M., 2020. Explosive interaction of impact melt and seawater following the Chicxulub impact event. Geology, 48(2), pp.108-112. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337464107_Explosive_interaction_of_impact_melt_and_seawater_following_the_Chicxulub_impact_event https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Richard_Grieve/research Gulick, S.P., Bralower, T.J., Ormö, J., Hall, B., Grice, K., Schaefer, B., Lyons, S., Freeman, K.H., Morgan, J.V., Artemieva, N. and Kaskes, P., 2019. The first day of the Cenozoic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(39), pp.19342-19351. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335722192_The_first_day_of_the_Cenozoic https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/116/39/19342.full.pdf Yours, Paul H.-
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Chicxulub impact created massive melt sheet and hydrothermal system
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Dino-Killing Asteroid Spawned a Huge Magma Chamber That Lasted Millions of Years by George Dvorsky, Gizmodo, May 29, 2020 https://gizmodo.com/dino-killing-asteroid-spawned-a-huge-magma-chamber-that-1843752492 The open access paper is; D. A. Kring, M. Tikoo, Schmieder, Ulrich Riller, and many others. 2020. Probing the hydrothermal system of the Chicxulub impact crater. Science Advances 29 May 2020: Vol. 6, no. 22, eaaz3053 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaz3053 https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/22/eaaz3053 Yours, Paul H-
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A steeply-inclined trajectory for the Chicxulub impact
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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.-
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Is the Chicxulub impact still the favored explaination for the extinction?
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I read "The Story of the Dinosaurs in 25 Discoveries" by Donald R. Prothero. The author states that paleontologists now mostly do not think that the Chicxulub metor impact killed off the non-avian dinosaurs, and that other explainations are preferred. He did not really explain this statement. That certainly was news to me! I am no professional though. What's the truth?- 5 replies
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Yale University. "In death of dinosaurs, it was all about the asteroid -- not volcanoes." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 16 January 2020. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/01/200116141708.htm Meteorite or Volcano? New Clues to the Dinosaurs’ Demise Twin calamities marked the end of the Cretaceous period, and scientists are presenting new evidence of which drove one of Earth’s great extinctions. New York Times, January 16, 2020 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/16/science/dinosaurs-extinction-meteorite-volcano.html The paper is: Hull, P.M., Bornemann, A., Penman, D.E., Henehan, M.J., Norris, R.D., Wilson, P.A., Blum, P., Alegret, L., Batenburg, S.J., Bown, P.R. and Bralower, T.J., 2020. On impact and volcanism across the Cretaceous- Paleogene boundary. Science, 367(6475), pp.266-272. https://science.sciencemag.org/content/367/6475/266.abstract Yours, Paul H.
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The Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Acidified the Ocean in a Flash The Chicxulub event was as damaging to life in the oceans as it was to creatures on land, a study shows. New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/21/science/chicxulub-asteroid-ocean-acid.html Tiny shell fossils reveal how ocean acidification can cause mass extinction By Julie Zaugg, CNN, October 22, 2019 https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/22/europe/ocean-acidification-asteroid-intl-hnk-scn/index.html New study underpins the idea of a sudden impact killing off dinosaurs and much of the other life, GFZ GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Helmholtz Centre October 22, 2019 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/10/191022080721.htm The open access paper is: Michael J. Henehan, Andy Ridgwell, Ellen Thomas, Shuang Zhang, Laia Alegret, Daniela N. Schmidt, James W. B. Rae, James D. Witts, Neil H. Landman, Sarah E. Greene, Brian T. Huber, James R. Super, Noah J. Planavsky, Pincelli M. Hull, 2019, Rapid ocean acidification and protracted Earth system recovery followed the end-Cretaceous Chicxulub impact. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Oct 2019, 201905989; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1905989116 https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2019/10/15/1905989116 Yours, Paul H.
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Here is great article about the rocks and sequence of events that happened at ground zero causing the great Cretaceous extinction: https://news.utexas.edu/2019/09/09/rocks-at-asteroid-impact-site-record-first-day-of-dinosaur-extinction/ https://www.foxnews.com/science/scientists-uncover-new-evidence-of-the-asteroid-that-killed-off-the-dinosaurs
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The Nastiest Feud in Science A Princeton geologist has endured decades of ridicule for arguing that the fifth extinction was caused not by an asteroid but by a series of colossal volcanic eruptions. But sheʼs reopened that debate. Bianca Bosker, The Atlantic, September 2018 https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/09/dinosaur-extinction-debate/565769/ Gerta Keller, Professor of Geosciences http://gkeller.princeton.edu/ Yours, Paul H.
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Seafloor Data Point to Global Volcanism after Chicxulub Impact
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The dinosaur-murdering asteroid maybe also triggered an underwater volcano meltdown. Why pick just one flavor of apocalypse? By Rachel Becker, The Verge, Feb 7, 2018 https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/7/16988112/asteroid-chicxulub-mass-extinction-dinosaurs-underwater-volcanoes-magma Seafloor data point to global volcanism after Chicxulub meteor strike, University of Oregon, February 7, 2018 https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/uoo-sdp020518.php https://around.uoregon.edu/content/one-two-punch-may-have-helped-deck-dinosaurs The paper is; Joseph S. Byrnes and Leif Karlstrom, 2018, Anomalous K-Pg–aged seafloor attributed to impact-induced mid-ocean ridge magmatism Science Advances 07 Feb 2018: Vol. 4, no. 2, eaao2994 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aao2994 http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/2/eaao2994 Yours, Paul H.- 2 replies
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