Sunday, November 20, 2011

Massive volcanoes, meteorite impacts delivered one-two death punch to dinosaurs: study

Massive volcanoes, meteorite impacts delivered one-two death punch to dinosaurs: study

A cosmic one-two punch of colossal volcanic eruptions and meteorite strikes likely caused the mass-extinction event at the end of the Cretaceous period that is famous for killing the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, according to two Princeton University reports that reject the prevailing theory that the extinction was caused by a single large meteorite.

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