[meteorite-list] LANL: Meteor Could Cause Big Tsunami

Darren Garrison cynapse at charter.net
Tue Jan 11 12:33:34 EST 2005


On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 09:13:39 -0700, "Chris Peterson" <clp at alumni.caltech.edu> wrote:

>While an asteroid impact seems like a dramatic thing, it is far from obvious 
>to me that tsunamis larger than 10s of meters would be a natural result. 
>Since simulations seem to show everything from a few meters to 100 meters or 
>so, I think I'll just reserve judgment until those simulations settle down.

Wasn't evidence found a few years back that suggests that the K/T impact tsunami swept completely
across Florida?



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