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Asteroids, Comets, Earth, Environment

Mexican Lake Bears Witness To Ancient Impact

6 Mar , 2012 by Jason Major

[/caption] Exotic sediments found beneath the floor of Lake Cuitzeo in central Mexico support theories of a major cosmic impact event 12,900 years ago, report a 16-member international research team. The impact may have caused widespread environmental changes and contributed to the extinctions of many large animal species. The team found a 13,000-year-old  layer of […]

asteroid, comet, Cuitzeo, impact, K-T, Kennett, lake, Mexico, nanodiamond, UCSB, Younger Dryas

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