The Chicxulub Impact Produced a Powerful Global Tsunami

The Chicxulub Impact Produced a Powerful Global Tsunami

Abstract The Chicxulub crater is the site of an asteroid impact linked with the Cretaceous‐Paleogene (K‐Pg) mass extinction at ∼66 Ma. This asteroid struck in shallow water and caused a large tsunami. Here we present the first global simulation of the Chicxulub impact tsunami from initial contact of...

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Main Authors: Molly M. Range, Brian K. Arbic, Brandon C. Johnson, Theodore C. Moore, Vasily Titov, Alistair J. Adcroft, Joseph K. Ansong, Christopher J. Hollis, Jeroen Ritsema, Christopher R. Scotese, He Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-10-01
Series:AGU Advances
Subjects:
Chicxulub impact
impact
tsunami
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2021AV000627

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https://doi.org/10.1029/2021AV000627

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