Geology Picture of the Week, January 2-8, 2005: Evidence of Ancient Cretaceous Catastrophe

Rochestery Academy of Science | January 1998 | Paul Dudley

[cogitator]

Link post: the image and the thread (to discuss it) are below:

Geology Picture of the Week, January 2-8, 2005: Evidence of Ancient Cretaceous Catastrophe

[cogitator]

There have been BIGGER tsunamis (which does not discount the size or tragedy of the Indonesian tsunami disaster).

[namsman]

I only half-read the headline and saw "Ancient Cretaceous Catastrophe" and thought this would be about Helen Thomas or Madeline Albright!

[Viking2002]

I only half-read the headline and saw "Ancient Cretaceous Catastrophe" and thought this would be about Helen Thomas or Madeline Albright!

No, that would have read, "Ancient Cretinous Catastrophe".......

[Boundless]

> There have been BIGGER tsunamis (which does not discount
> the size or tragedy of the Indonesian tsunami disaster).

The Hawaiian Islands bear evidence of seas having
reached 1000 ft. Might have been a local problem,
though, such as back-splash from a massive underwater
landslide.

[FreedomFarmer]

...Ancient Crustacean Catastrophe...

Got Butter?

[SunkenCiv]

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