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Site of asteroid impact changed the history of life on Earth: the low probability of mass extinction
Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid approximately 9 km in diameter hit the hydrocarbon- and sulfur-rich sedimentary rocks in what is now Mexico. Recent studies have shown that this impact at the Yucatan Peninsula heated the hydrocarbon and sulfur in these rocks, forming stratospheric soot and s...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5680197/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29123110 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-14199-x |