http://today.ttu.edu/2009/10/shiva-crater/ Texas Tech University News Releases, Stories, Feature Stories and News Clips Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:11:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://today.ttu.edu/2009/10/shiva-crater/comment-page-1/#comment-12497 Nine from 2009: Stories You Shouldn’t Have Missed :: Texas Tech Today Tue, 25 May 2010 20:47:30 +0000 http://today.ttu.edu/?p=17945#comment-12497 [...] It’s not a fictional plot to some Hollywood disaster movie, says Sankar Chatterjee, curator of paleontology at the Museum of Texas Tech University. In fact, the exact scenario played out 65 million years ago near present-day Mumbai, India, and could be the smoking gun that ended the dinosaurs’ reign on Earth. Read more. [...] [...] It’s not a fictional plot to some Hollywood disaster movie, says Sankar Chatterjee, curator of paleontology at the Museum of Texas Tech University. In fact, the exact scenario played out 65 million years ago near present-day Mumbai, India, and could be the smoking gun that ended the dinosaurs’ reign on Earth. Read more. [...]

]]> http://today.ttu.edu/2009/10/shiva-crater/comment-page-1/#comment-7529 Rick Tuttle Tue, 30 Mar 2010 01:16:40 +0000 http://today.ttu.edu/?p=17945#comment-7529 This article would be greatly enhanced by showing a map that indicates the approximate positions of the continents/tectonic plates at the time of impact. Most people can only imagine earth as it exists today with far-flung continents. Obviously, the positions in the past vary greatly from the present locations. This article would be greatly enhanced by showing a map that indicates the approximate positions of the continents/tectonic plates at the time of impact. Most people can only imagine earth as it exists today with far-flung continents. Obviously, the positions in the past vary greatly from the present locations.

]]> http://today.ttu.edu/2009/10/shiva-crater/comment-page-1/#comment-3285 Matthew O'Neill Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:26:37 +0000 http://today.ttu.edu/?p=17945#comment-3285 If this were proven to be the place where the asteroid hit that killed the dinosaurs, it would change history books forever. I've always wondered exactly where the asteroid hit that destroyed most of the life on Earth. If this were proven to be the place where the asteroid hit that killed the dinosaurs, it would change history books forever. I’ve always wondered exactly where the asteroid hit that destroyed most of the life on Earth.

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