From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4@msn.com)
Date: Wed May 15 2002 - 07:29:45 PDT
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Subject: Cataclysmic Meteor Swamped Nova Scotia 50 Million Years Ago
http://www.canada.com/halifax/story.asp?id={9E3C189E-9295-448B-8F9B-A41188307FB6}
Cataclysmic meteor swamped Nova Scotia
By CHRIS LAMBIE
Halifax News
14 May 2002
A giant meteor hurtled from the sky 50 million years ago, punching a huge
crater in the ocean floor off Nova Scotia. The impact created a tidal wave
five times as high as Fenwick Tower that rolled over the entire province.
The meteor was moving at 20,000 kilometres per hour when it splashed into
the sea. About two kilometres in diameter, the space rock steamed through
the seawater and slammed into the Earth's crust 250 kilometres south of
Shelburne, creating a hole 40 kilometres across.
Full story here:
http://www.canada.com/halifax/story.asp?id={9E3C189E-9295-448B-8F9B-A41188307FB6}
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