Dinosaur-killing space rock may have triggered huge volcanic eruptions
Published February 08, 2018
news.com.au
The giant space rock that wiped out the dinosaurs may have set off a chain of cataclysmic volcanic eruptions on land and undersea, claims a new study that is already dividing scientists.
About 66 million years ago, a 9.5 km wide asteroid smacked into Earth, creating the Chicxulub crater in the Yucatan peninsula and sparking deadly chaos. Superhot particles rained from the air causing fires across the globe and sending temperatures higher. Then it got worse.
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2018/02/08/dinosaur-killing-space-rock-may-have-triggered-huge-sea-volcanoes.html
