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Impact Cratering on the Earth

The explosion of the world's nuclear arsenal could not match the power released when a kilometer-size meteorite hits the earth. Have impacts even more powerful altered biological as well as geologic evolution?

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 262 Issue 4This article was originally published with the title “Impact Cratering on the Earth” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 262 No. 4 (), p. 66
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0490-66