What is your interpretation of the the theory that the Deccan flood
basalts are a result of crustal damage from shock waves converging on
the area from a meteor strike at Chixilub on the Yucatan Peninsula?
Clint
Stallard
Mr. Stallard,
I think the idea is really clever. However, I am not an expert on
either flood basalts or large meteorite impacts. I think the
answer will have to be determined by careful dating of the two
events. As I understand it, there is some argument about which
actually occurred first.
Sorry this isn't much of an answer.
Scott Rowland, University of Hawaii
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