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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Science
Vishwam Sankaran

New map of ‘mega ripples’ caused by dinosaur-killing asteroid helps recreate extinction event

Scientists have created a new map of "mega ripples" on the seafloor caused by the Chicxulub asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs, revealing further the events that led to the devastating mass extinction event.

The study, published in the journal Marine Geology, unravels the forces generated by the space rock, whose impact triggered a global tsunami at the end of the Cretaceous era 66 million years ago.

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