Column of sediment from 637 to 639 meters below the ocean floor shows layers of chalk (white) deposited during underwater landslides 65 million years ago. Norris, et al./Geology
The cataclysmic event that wiped out the last dinosaurs also triggered the greatest underwater landslides ever, scientists report.
A chunk of a giant comet or asteroid slammed into Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula about 65 million years ago, setting off earthquakes with magnitudes estimated at 10 to 13.
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