Frontiers Quiz
September/October 1998
How do the ocean sciences play a role in understanding the extinction of the dinosaurs?
Click here for the answer: Examining core samples taken 300 miles off the coast of Florida, oceanographers discovered dramatic geological support for the theory that an asteroid slammed into Earth some 65 million years ago, causing cataclysmic destruction that included the extinction of the dinosaurs.
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