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Re: Why Life on Mars and the Dinosaurs Died

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From: Karen M Cramer
Date: Thu, 07 Nov 1996 00:00
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MH Roberts (u5k24@cc.keele.ac.uk) wrote:
: Neil O'Hara wrote:
: > The object that struck earth and killed the dinosaurs was more likely a
: > comet, but could have been a meteor,...

: I studied geology last year at college, and an I didn't realise until
: then that most geologists refutre the claim that a projectile from outer
: space killed off the dinosaurs.  This is mainly because Palaeontological
: evidence suggests that the dinosaurs were extinct by and large before
: the event occurred.. and the theory was proposed by a physicist who had
: little knowledge of geology..

His son who co-authored the paper was a geologist I believe.

If it was not a projectile from outer space what was it?

Karen

: Cheers,
: Mel.
: -- 
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From: kmc_mst6@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu (Karen M Cramer)
Subject: Re: Why Life on Mars and the Dinosaurs Died
Date: 1996/11/07
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