The minerology of the rocks that a meteorite hits, rather than the size of the impact, determines how deadly an impact it will have. A new University of Liverpool study has found that the minerology of the rocks that a meteorite hits, rather than the size of the impact, determines how deadly an impact it will have.
The earth has been bombarded by meteorites throughout its long history. Meteorite impacts generate atmospheric dust and cover the Earth’s surface with debris and have long been considered as a trigger of mass extinctions through Earth’s history.
A multidisciplinary research team from the University of Liverpool and the Instituto Tecnológico y de EnergÃas Renovables, Tenerife with expertise in palaeontology, asteroid stratigraphy, mineralogy, cloud microphysics and cli...
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