Re: Chixulub impact explosion

From: Steve Krogh (panterragroup@mindspring.com)
Date: Wed Aug 02 2000 - 13:08:16 EDT

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    ----- Original Message -----
    From: Diane Roy <Dianeroy@peoplepc.com>
    To: asanet <asa@calvin.edu>
    Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 1:43 AM
    Subject: Chixulub impact explosion

    glenn morton mortongr@flash.net said:
    The Chixulub impact explosion generated 1 billion megatons or 4.2 x 10^24
    joules.

    How was this energy distributed?
    How much of this energy was used to blast a hole in the atmosphere?



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