The sediments, fossils and associated impact debris make this an important site for those who study the extinction event that helped wipe-out the dinosaurs.” The Chicxulub impact event occurred at the ...

Scientists have found an extraordinary snapshot of the fallout from the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. Excavations in North Dakota reveal fossils of fish and ...

Chicxulub Crater - The impact that changed life on Earth The ... The bottom 20m or so, is dominated by glassy debris. This is the rock that was melted by the heat and pressure of the impact.

On impact, the research shows, the Chicxulub asteroid - which was more ... from a part of the crater in which rock and debris were deposited just after the asteroid's impact.

Meanwhile, erosion helped wash coastal debris into the sea and released ... Drabon said. The Chicxulub impactor struck a ...