到目前为止,在墨西哥尤卡坦半岛已经发现了几个这样的二级陨石坑,而且,在墨西哥和海地都发现了热休克石英。
To date, several such secondary craters have been found along Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, and heat-shocked quartz has been found both in Mexico and in Haiti.
科学界中,普遍接受的观点认为,大型爬行动物的灭绝是由巨型陨石对墨西哥尤卡坦海岸的冲击引起的。
The idea that the giant reptiles met their demise because of a gigantic meteorite impact off the Yucatan coast of Mexico has become one of the most widely accepted in science.
多国科学家组成的科研小组将对墨西哥尤卡坦半岛著名的“奇科苏卢布”陨石坑进行声波探测,而这个巨大的陨石坑可能就是6500万年前造成恐龙灭绝的根本原因。 科学家们希望通过这一研究能找到当时彗星或小行星撞击地球的更多的有用信息。
Scientists working off the Yucatan Peninsula are preparing to use sound waves to search for information about an asteroid that may have wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.
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