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Fire and brimstone - Cretaceous style
An international team examining sediments from the end of the dinosaur age
has discovered microscopic carbon spheres that can be produced only from
burning fossil fuels. If confirmed, the finding means that the dinosaurs
might have been wiped out at least partly by an oil-fueled conflagration...
More at:
http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2008/429/2
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Dann Pigdon
GIS / Archaeologist http://geo_cities.com/dannsdinosaurs
Melbourne, Australia http://heretichides.soffiles.com
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