Volcano eruption theory gains backing in dinosaur extinction

Thursday, March 28, 2013 - 13:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

By Larry O'HanlonDiscovery NewsSome 20 years after its conviction in slaying of the dinosaurs, the Chicxulub impact crater is facing a retrial by a growing number of geologists who think the mass extinction event 65 million years ago was caused by something much larger. Not a larger meteorite, but a far bigger disturbance that was happening on the other side of the planet before, during, and after...

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