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Project to drill into 'dinosaur crater' gets under way

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« on: April 10, 2016, 02:47:18 am »

Geophysical surveys have identified the location of the peak ring

The cataclysm that occurred at the end of the Cretaceous Period doomed many species, not just the dinosaurs. All the material hurled upwards would have darkened the sky and cooled the planet for months on end.

But even as it took life away, the event also opened up new opportunities for those species that survived. And the expedition team wants to know if the impact zone itself became a life cradle.

Because the asteroid hit what was back then a shallow sea area, it is likely the newly created crater was quickly filled with water.

This water would have infused the hot and fractured rocks, leaching chemicals that could then sustain micro-organisms. Very similar conditions are seen today along the volcanic ridge that runs down the centre of the Atlantic Ocean.

"So it's possible we may encounter some exotic life in the fractured rocks we drill," said Prof Morgan.

"This is very interesting for Chicxulub, but it's also fascinating to consider in terms of the early Earth or even Mars. On the early Earth, there would have been many more, larger impacts. We think life may well have originated in impact craters."
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