显然,在某些时候,来自北冰洋最北端的更多冰山赶在融化沉积前向南漂入北大西洋。
At certain times, apparently, more icebergs from the Arctic Ocean in the far north were traveling south well into the North Atlantic before melting and shedding their sediment.
事实上,海洋无脊椎动物不变的外壳是通过1亿年前的沉积物发现的。
Indeed, unaltered shells of marine invertebrates are known from deposits over 100 million years old.
尤卡坦半岛上富含铱的沉积层和一个巨大的陨石坑提供了证据,证明了约6500万年前,一颗大型陨石撞击了地球。
An iridium-enriched sediment layer and a large impact crater in the Yucatn provide evidence that a large meteorite struck Earth about 65 million years ago.
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