单词 | alvarez hypothesis |
释义 | Alvarez hypothesis[ (al-vuh-rez) ] The theory that the mass extinction that involved the dinosaurs and many other living things was caused by the impact of a large asteroid on the Earth sixty-five million years ago. notes for Alvarez hypothesisThe hypothesis is named after the father-and-son team of scientists Luis and Walter Alvarez, who first suggested it. notes for Alvarez hypothesisEvidence indicates that the asteroid fell in the Yucatan peninsula. Words nearby Alvarez hypothesisal-ʿUzza, Alva, Alvar, Alvarado, Alvarez, Alvarez hypothesis, Álvarez Quintero, Alvaro, alveated, alveoalgia, alveol- The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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