- Drilling the Chicxulub Crater, Ground Zero of the Dinosaur Extinction. Researchers found that the peak rings were made of granite, usually found much deeper in Earth’s crust, and concluded the impact was so strong it lifted sediment from the basement of Earth’s crust several miles up to its surface. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/18/science/chicxulub-crater-dinosaur-extinction.html 5 comments science
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