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Where is the crater that is evidence of the meteorite impact that ended the Mesozoic?
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The Chicxulub impact crater in the Gulf of Mexico is the most likely suspect for the meteorite impact that caused the Mesozoic extinction. The crater is 180 km in diameter, suggesting that the impacting body was approximately 10 km in diameter.
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What is the difference between a crater and a caldera?
A caldera is a large depression formed at the summit of a volcano, left behind by the excavation of magma. A crater is formed by an explosion or impact.
What is planet Mercury's best known feature?
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Can anything other than an earthquake cause a tsunami?
nothing else except maybe a large enough meteorite impact. The one that killed the dinosaurs I'll bet had a nice sized tsunami.
Why does the earth have fewer visible craters than the moon?
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What is the highest mark on the Richer scale?
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What is caused by large meteorite impact?
crater
The hole left by a meteorite is called?
Impact crater.
What caused the impact crater in Arizona US?
The Barringer Crater resulted from a meteorite impact with the earth about 50,000 years ago.
What is A bowl shaped hole on the surface of a planet or moon that was caused by the impact of meteorite?
This is known as an impact crater. Please see the related link.
What is a crater on a volcano?
The depression at the summit of a volcano or that which is produced by a meteorite impact.
What is the depression formed by the impact of a meteorite called?
It's called a crater.
What types of rock are found in the wolfe creek crater?
The Wolfe Creek Crater in Australia is formed by a meteorite impact and consists mainly of sandstone rocks that were already present in the area before the impact. However, impact-related rocks such as breccia (a mixture of fragmented rocks) and impact melt rocks can also be found in and around the crater. These rocks contain evidence of the intense heat and pressure generated during the impact event.
What Size of a crater would be created if a 4 by 4 meteorite hit?
depends on how much impact it has
What determines the kind of crater created by meteoroids?
First off a meteoroid is the name of the debris while still in space. If it collides with the ground to make a crater it has become a meteorite. Now to answer your question size of the meteorite, the structure of the ground it crashes into, Consistency of the meteorite, Speed, Strength of the impact all would factor into the crater.
What is a sentence for impact?
The impact of the meteorite caused a huge crater in the ground.
What Craters on the surface of the moon are caused by the impact of .?
When an asteroid, comet, or meteorite collides with the Moon a crater is formed.
Can you give me some sentences using the word impact?
Theimpact of the meteorite caused a large crater in the desert.How will the publicity impact the sales of the product?
