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"Witness A Global Killer (Chicxulub Impact Crater)"
The Chicxulub crater is an impact crater in Mexico. The crater is 20 km (12 mi) in depth, well into the continental crust of the region of about 10–30 km depth; the impacting bolide that formed the crater was at least 10 km (6 mi) in diameter. The crater was discovered by Antonio Camargo and Glen Penfield, geophysicists who had been looking for petroleum in the Yucatán during the late 1970s. Penfield was initially unable to obtain evidence that the geological feature was a crater and gave up his search. Later, through contact with Alan Hildebrand in 1990, Penfield obtained samples that suggested it was an impact feature. Evidence for the impact origin of the crater includes shocked quartz, a gravity anomaly, and tektites in surrounding areas. (Text taken and stripped-down from Wikidepia)
"The Chicxulub Impact Crater, is a geomorfological formation dating from the end of the Mesozoic era, specifically by the end of the Cretaceous at the limits with the Terciary, that was produced by the impact of a meteorite. As a result of the above, the Ring of Cenotes, took shape, making together with the results in the geomorphology of the north of Yucatan, from the impact crater, the foundation for the functioning of the geohydrologic features of the peninsula and are considered one of the four units in which is divided the Yucatán Peninsula based on its karstic characteristics and the main hydrological flows in the whole peninsula watershed."
We would like to thank -Ruby- for his kind support with the Spanish translation. ¡Muchas gracias!
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