K-T Mass Extinction: What Really Killed the Dinosaurs?
| Hours: | 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
| Ages: | Kids, Teens, Adults |
| In/Outdoor: | Indoor |
| Cost: | Free |
| Category: | Lectures/Discussions |
About 66 million years ago, 70 percent of all the species that existed at the time, including the non-avian dinosaurs, became extinct in an apocalypse widely thought to have been caused by a meteor or comet impact on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula.
At approximately the same time, a series of volcanic eruptions in Western India produced torrents of lava that discharged large amounts of carbon dioxide and sulfur gas into the atmosphere.
In this illustrated lecture, UC-Berkeley geologist Mark Richards will review these remarkable events and explain a radical new theory suggesting they may be causally related.
He will also discuss how ongoing research is shedding new light on the true cause(s) of the Cretaceous-Tertiary mass extinction.
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26 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA, 02138 map
Phone: 617-495-3045
Please see this website for detailed directions: http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/plan_your_visit/directions_and_parking.html
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