Monday, September 24, 2007

Cosmology and Geology

It seems that life in the planet has nearly been extinguished twice.
First, 250 million years ago, via massive volcanic eruptions in Siberia, and 65 million years ago, due to an asteroid impact in the peninsula of Yucatan, causing the worldwide high levels of Iridium in the K-T boundary (Cretaceus-Terciary).

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