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117 million-year-old mud waves reveal the birth of the Atlantic Ocean
Heriot-Watt scientists have discovered giant underwater mud waves buried deep below the Atlantic Ocean, 400 kilometers off ...
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117-Million-Year-Old Sediment Waves Near Africa Show How Atlantic Ocean Was Formed
Located 1 kilometer (0.62 miles) below today’s seabed, the wavy sediments were formed during the Equatorial Atlantic Gateway ...
Giant Waves Reveal How the Atlantic Was Born
The Atlantic Ocean may have formed millions of years earlier than previously thought, igniting a period of climate change, scientists found.
Ancient 300-foot-tall mud waves gave rise to Atlantic Ocean
According to geologists at the UK’s Heriot Watt University, gigantic waves of mud and sand sediment about 250 miles off the ...
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Scientists Discover 117-Million-Year-Old Underwater Sediment Waves, Show How the Atlantic Ocean Formed
Scientists Discover 117-Million-Year-Old Underwater Sediment Waves, Show How the Atlantic Ocean Formed The Atlantic Ocean ...
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There’s A New Way To Spot Underground Ice On Mars — No Drills Required
Mars keeps its secrets buried deep, but every meteorite that punches through its protective layers scatters evidence across the surface.
Ancient pollen reveals stories about Earth’s history, from the asteroid strike that killed the dinosaurs to the Mayan collapse
Palynologists who study tiny pollen fossils share 4 stories found in grains that fell hundreds to millions of years ago.
From dinosaur-killing asteroid strike to Mayan collapse: How tiny ancient pollen tells Earth’s story
It was approximately 66 million years ago that an asteroid hit Earth. The asteroid landed close to the present-day Yucatán ...