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Study finds link between Grand Canyon landslide and Meteor Crater impact
Geology is full of detective stories about the Earth's history, and a new paper in Geology by University of New Mexico ...
A Meteor Impact May Have Caused a Giant Landslide in the Grand Canyon
A new study suggests ancient wood floated into a cave far above the Colorado River when a meteorite-induced earthquake ...
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Meteor impact may have triggered massive Grand Canyon landslide 56,000 years ago
A meteorite impact thousands of years ago may have triggered a landslide in the Grand Canyon and reshaped the Colorado River ...
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Meteor strike may have triggered a landslide in the Grand Canyon some 56,000 years ago
A new study suggests a meteor strike that created Arizona’s Meteor Crater 56,000 years ago may have triggered a massive ...
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Meteor that hit Arizona 56,000 years ago may have built a natural dam in Grand Canyon
Cutting‑edge dating reveals driftwood high in Grand Canyon caves 55,250 years ago when a meteor’s shock wave blocked and ...
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Ancient Meteor Crater Thought To Be World's Oldest May Be 800 Million Years Younger Than We Realized
The crater in Western Australia was identified as the oldest in the world earlier this year, but new research suggests the ...
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Impact That Made Meteor Crater May Have Triggered Giant Grand Canyon Landslide
W hen an asteroid made Meteor Crater in northern Arizona, it did more than leave the Earth’s best preserved impact crater.
A meteor may have led to the formation of the Grand Canyon, new study says
The study dives into questions surrounding how and when driftwood in Stanton’s Cave in the Grand Canyon got there ...
New Study Suggests Link Between Grand Canyon Landslide and Meteor Crater Impact
A new paper in Geology led by University of New Mexico Distinguished Professors Emeritus Karl Karlstrom and Laurie Crossey, University of Arizona Senior Research Specialist Chris Baisan, and Dr. David ...
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Meteor Crater: Arizona’s 50,000-Year-Old Impact Landmark
Roughly 37 miles east of Flagstaff, Meteor Crater—formally known as Barringer Crater—was formed approximately 50,000 years ...
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Second Largest Meteor Crater in the U.S. - Odessa’s 63,000-Year-Old Impact Zone
Located just outside Odessa, Texas, this ancient crater marks one of only two confirmed meteorite impact sites in the country ...