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Danijel Turina wrote:
> Zli_Zec wrote:
>> Jea rajt, a Sibirski vulkan je bio proljetna oluja, blagi lahor
>> koji ništa nije ni *doprinio* izumiranju ? :-)
> 
> Idiote glupi, meteorski udar je UZROKOVAO sibirski vuklan.

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/astronomy/asteroid_paine_october.html

> Impact, volcanoes, or both?
> 
> The debate continues on whether the Chicxulub impact caused the mass
> extinction at the end of the Cretaceous Period or whether it was one
> of a sequence of disasters. The Deccan Traps of India are the
> remnants of a massive upwelling of molten rock from deep within the
> Earth 65 million years ago. The toxic fumes and dust from the
> eruption have been put forward as a possible alternative cause of
> climate change that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs.
> 
> A possible link between impacts and volcanism became evident in 1974
> when the Mariner 10 spacecraft flew past the innermost planet
> Mercury. The planet was found to be covered with impact craters like
> the moon. One giant impact crater on Mercury was particularly
> interesting. Directly opposite the impact point, on the other side of
> the planet (called the "antipodal point") was a region of highly
> disrupted terrain with no evidence of an impact. The shock waves from
> the impact on one side of Mercury had traveled around the surface and
> met simultaneously at the antipodal point to create the chaotic
> features. Similar features have since been detected on several moons
> of the giant planets.
> 
> Astronomer Duncan Steel has suggested that the same occurred with the
> Chicxulub impact and that the shock waves caused the Deccan Traps.
> Taking into account millions of years of continental drift, this
> region would have been at the antipodal point to Mexico at the time
> of the impact. Although the eruption may have contributed to the
> suffering, it now seems more likely that the Deccan Traps were just a
> consequence of the catastrophic initial event, the Chicxulub impact.

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