Scientists have linked the mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous with a meteorite impact on Earth.

科学家将白垩纪末期的大灭绝与地球上的陨石撞击联系起来。

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The authors consider the discovery of PGE anomaly and platina as significant evidence for confirming the meteorite impact event.

笔者认为这种PGE元素异常和粗铂矿的发现是陨石及其撞击作用的重要依据之一。

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The formation was originally thought to be caused by a meteorite impact but now geologists believe it is a product of uplift and erosion.

对于形成的原因，一开始认为是陨星的撞击造成的，但现在地质学家认为是地壳隆起和腐蚀的结果。

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The crater, three miles across, has the characteristic central mound of a fresh meteorite impact.

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Shatter cones are surface features with distinctive wavy patterns that are known to be created only by the tremendous force of a meteorite impact or an underground nuclear explosion.

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Rocks laid down at the time - some 65.5 million years ago - show a thin layer abundant in rare elements like Iridium, spherules and shocked Quartz that could only have come from a meteorite impact.

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