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Calculating Iridium Fallout From an Asteroid Impact


Author: BioInteractive
Subject: Evolution
Source: BioInteractive
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This activity allows students to calculate how much iridium was released, and eventually deposited all over the Earth, by the impact of an asteroid that struck Earth 66 million years ago. It supports concepts presented in the short film The Day the Mesozoic Died.

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