Posts Tagged ‘meteor strike’

WFS News : Ammonites’ fate sealed by meteor strike that wiped out dinosaurs

@WFS,World Fossil Society, Athira, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev Ammonites were not in decline before their extinction, scientists have found The marine mollusks with coiled shells, one of paleontology’s great icons, flourished in Earth’s oceans for more than 350 million years until they died out during the same chance event that wiped out the […]

WFS News:Seafloor data point to global volcanism after Chicxulub meteor strike

@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev New University of Oregon research has identified gravity-related fluctuations dating to 66 million years ago along deep ocean ridges that point to a “one-two punch” from the big meteor that struck off Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula, possibly triggering a worldwide release of volcanic magma that could have helped seal […]