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EFFECTS OF THE MANSON IMPACT STRUCTURE
The Manson event was an unimaginable catastrophe. The impact
of the enormous meteorite caused destruction equivalent to approximately
10 trillion tons of TNT. Everything within 130 miles of the point
of impact was instantly engulfed in flames. Trees were toppled
and standing vegetation was devastated within 300 miles of the
impact site. It is also believed that most animals as far as 650
miles away did not survive the Manson impact, and dinosaurs 800
miles away would have been knocked off their feet.
The Western Interior Seaway was home to many forms of marine
vertebrates, which would have been greatly disturbed or killed
by giant shock waves and possible tsunami-like waves. The seaway’s
habitats would have been so disrupted as to cause the death of
thousands of marine creatures. To support this theory, scientists
have found evidence that certain lineages of fish, mosasaurs and
marine turtles, including the Archelon,
mysteriously vanished from the Western Interior Seaway during
the approximate time of the Manson impact event.
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