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For two decades, researchers have been questioning the origin of the Silverpit crater in the North Sea. Now, geologists explain that they have found a definitive proof of the impact hypothesis. The event had dramatic consequences.
Silverpit Crater mystery solved: Asteroid crashed into the North Sea 43 million years ago
For more than 20 years, the Silverpit Crater deep under the North Sea has been the center of a heated scientific controversy. Some geologists were adamant that an asteroid produced the nearly-perfect circle hole, whereas others thought it was a result of more sluggish forces like migrating salt deposits or volcanic collapse. Now, with high-tech seismic imaging, microscopic analysis of the minerals, and sophisticated computer simulations, the cas…
Since the Earth's surface and its oceans have been searched, the scars left by the impacts from the sky have fed fascination and controversy. Some are spectacular, visible to the naked eye, others remain buried and are guessed only by the science of the depths. Among them, the Silverpit crater, hidden under the North Sea, has for a long time resisted interpretations, until it became one of the most tenacious debates in modern geology. A discover…
Silverpit Crater In North Sea Confirmed As Rare Undersea Asteroid Impact Site
Over 43 million years ago, an asteroid had hit the Silverpit Crater, which is 700 meters below the southern North Sea. This ends a geological controversy that has been going on for decades. The crater is around 80 miles off the coast of Yorkshire. It was first found in 2002, but there was still a lot of debate over where it came from, with hypotheses ranging from salt migration to volcanic collapse. A team lead by Dr. Uisdean Nicholson of Heriot…
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