# Rocks at asteroid impact site record first day of dinosaur extinction

**URL:** <https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/rocks-at-asteroid-impact-site-record-first-day-of-dinosaur-extinction/7788>\
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**Created:** [September 9, 2019, 11:56pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/rocks-at-asteroid-impact-site-record-first-day-of-dinosaur-extinction/7788 "2019-09-09T23:56:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Patrick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b2d939/32.png) [@Patrick](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Patrick)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 11:56pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/rocks-at-asteroid-impact-site-record-first-day-of-dinosaur-extinction/7788/1 "2019-09-09T23:56:18Z")

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> **[Rocks at asteroid impact site record first day of dinosaur extinction](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/09/190909160102.htm)**
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> The research centers on the asteroid impact that wiped out non-avian dinosaurs, with the researchers getting the most detailed look yet of the aftermath that followed by examining the rocks and debris that filled the crater within the first 24 hours...

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**Author:** ![John\_Dalton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.peacefulscience.org/john_dalton/32/1263_2.png) [@John\_Dalton](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/John_Dalton)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 4:26am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/rocks-at-asteroid-impact-site-record-first-day-of-dinosaur-extinction/7788/2 "2019-09-10T04:26:12Z")

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> Researchers estimate the asteroid hit with the equivalent power of 10 billion atomic bombs of the size used in World War II.

😱

But it was the sulfur that killed them.