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Mystery of the Chicxulub Crater: Animation Shows Liquid Impact
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/planetearth/asteroid_jello_001122.html
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This news article from Space.com reviews older articles on evidence for the impact hypothesis of dinosaur extinction at the end of the Cretaceous. The article contains hyperlinks to older, reviewed articles, digital images of the hypothesized impact and a link where the reader can post their opinion on the hypothesis.
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    • Journal article
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  • Space science
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Copyright 1999-2004 Imaginova Corp. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
DLESE Catalog ID: SERC-STARTINGPOINT-000-000-000-429
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http://serc.carleton.edu/introgeo/earthhistory/index.html
Resource contact / Creator / Publisher:
Author: Robert Roy Britt
Space.com