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Evidence of an asteroid that hit Earth 60 million years ago has been found in Alabama | Impact | Epoch Times

[The Epoch Times, 14 ottobre 2022](Epoch Times reporter Wang Zhu, full report from Alabama) About 66 million years ago, when a ball about 6 miles (about 10 kilometers) in diameterasteroidblowLandNext, it triggered a “great earthquake” that lasted for weeks or months, with scientists saying, “In a matter of minutes or hours, the once lush and vibrant world has become a completely silent and lifeless world. Especially in the thousands of miles around the point of impact, everything was almost completely destroyed. “

Columbia geologist Hermann Bermudez discusses his team’s research at the Geological Society of America meeting in Denver on October 9 and 10 and presents his work in Texas, Ala. He collected evidence in Bama and Mississippi to prove the impact of the Chicxulub earthquake.

According to Forbes, Bermudez discovered sediments filled with small glass beads and debris on the island of Gorgonlla in Colombia.asteroidblowLandSubsequently, pearls formed in the Earth’s shattered crust, creating a crater more than 120 miles wide in the Yucatan Peninsula. Pearls initially existed as fused “spots” which then fell back to Earth like glass beads. Evidence of the earthquake included faults and fissures found in Alabama and two other states, and Alabama was found to have a mass extinction border, the report said. The Chicxulub Impact is the most famous and influential asteroid impact event in Earth’s history.

Responsible editor: Shang Ming

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