Today scientists published their first results from a drilling expedition into chicxulub crater the buried remnants of an asteroid impact off the yucatán peninsula in mexico that killed. Later investigations suggested that this impact structure is dated from the late cretaceous about 65 million years ago. Chicxulub crater is an ancient impact crater buried underneath the yucatan peninsula with its center located approximately underneath the town of chicxulub yucatán mexico.
The chicxulub crater. The now famous ring of cenotes visible in nasa imagery outlines one of the shock waves from this impact event in the rock of 66 million years of age which lies more than 1 km below the modern ground surface near the centre with. The deeply buried chicxulub crater is centered off the north coast of the peninsula near the town of chicxulub.
While it s been generally. Dinosaurs went extinct 65 million years ago thanks to a massive asteroid that hit the earth in the yucatán peninsula in mexico now known as the chicxulub crater. It is a huge buried impact crater that is called chicxulub a maya word that roughly translates as tail of the devil the crater now buried beneath kilometer thick sediment has been imaged using new geophysical techniques.
Researchers finally located the impact site on mexico s yucatán peninsula. The massive chicxulub crater on mexico s yucatán peninsula is the fingerprint of a killer probably responsible for the destruction of more than 75 percent of life on earth including all. It was formed by a large asteroid or comet about 11 to 81 kilometers in diameter the chicxulub impactor striking the earth.
Its center is located near the town of chicxulub after which the crater is named. The chicxulub crater is an impact crater buried underneath the yucatán peninsula in mexico. The buried structure which measures at least 180 km 112 miles across is thought to be the scar remaining from the impact 66 million years ago of an asteroid or comet measuring perhaps 10 km.
Computer generated image of chicxulub crater chicxulub crater on the northern coast of the yucatán peninsula in mexico in a computer generated image synthesized from gravity and magnetic field data. The crater measures between 180 and 240 kilometres across indicating an impactor of colossal size the biggest impact confirmed on earth. The chicxulub crater on the yucatan peninsula is believed to be the most likely site of the asteroid impact responsible for the demise of the dinosaurs.
It was formed when a large asteroid or comet about 11 to 81 kilometers 6 8 to 50 3 miles in diameter known as the chicxulub impactor struck the earth.
Yucatan peninsula chicxulub crater. The chicxulub crater ˈ tʃ iː k ʃ ʊ l uː b. Tʃʼikʃuluɓ is an impact crater buried underneath the yucatán peninsula in mexico. Its center is located offshore near the town of chicxulub after which the crater is named.
Its center is located offshore near the town of chicxulub after which the crater is named. Tʃʼikʃuluɓ is an impact crater buried underneath the yucatán peninsula in mexico. The chicxulub crater ˈ tʃ iː k ʃ ʊ l uː b.
