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Top Comments (10)
Its hard for us to spot craters here in the UK because the government doesnt fill in any of our giant pot holes.
I appreciate your long string of science videos! I have watched all if them for many years. I learned a lot!
it was a really bad day on the beach at Whitby. Seriously, this was 40+ million years ago, so the North Sea likely didn't exist. It was Doggerland only thousands of years ago.
This story is sure to make splash in the crater community. Thanks Anton , you be like the best 😊
Love your content, Anton, keep the videos coming!! I live on the Yorkshire coast, very close to the impact crater. However the North Sea wasn’t always there - it was once a low lying area called doggerland which was flooded at the end of the last ice age. I’m not sure if it was flooded at the time of impact but any water erosion may have occurred more recently.
I've been following the controversy over this crater since it's discovery. Glad to see it finally resolved. ❤
I also read somewhere that it was all dry land between Ireland, England, and the continent at that time. They call it " Doggerland " now. Which would explain how there is a crater to begin with. I think most meteorites will disintegrate on hitting water ( like a bullet )which is also maybe why there are few undersea craters except in parts that were possibly once dry land.
Wonderful as always Anton. Thank you. 👍😼
I was on seismic vessels for over 10 years in both the North Sea and the Atlantic. The geologists were always telling us there saw strange features they couldn’t explain.
the thing about that crater, depending on the age of the impact, it might have actually happened on Doggerland, before the north sea swallowed it up, so it quite well might have not been underwater
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Top Comments (10)
Its hard for us to spot craters here in the UK because the government doesnt fill in any of our giant pot holes.
I appreciate your long string of science videos! I have watched all if them for many years. I learned a lot!
it was a really bad day on the beach at Whitby. Seriously, this was 40+ million years ago, so the North Sea likely didn't exist. It was Doggerland only thousands of years ago.
This story is sure to make splash in the crater community. Thanks Anton , you be like the best 😊
Love your content, Anton, keep the videos coming!! I live on the Yorkshire coast, very close to the impact crater. However the North Sea wasn’t always there - it was once a low lying area called doggerland which was flooded at the end of the last ice age. I’m not sure if it was flooded at the time of impact but any water erosion may have occurred more recently.
I've been following the controversy over this crater since it's discovery. Glad to see it finally resolved. ❤
I also read somewhere that it was all dry land between Ireland, England, and the continent at that time. They call it " Doggerland " now. Which would explain how there is a crater to begin with. I think most meteorites will disintegrate on hitting water ( like a bullet )which is also maybe why there are few undersea craters except in parts that were possibly once dry land.
Wonderful as always Anton. Thank you. 👍😼
I was on seismic vessels for over 10 years in both the North Sea and the Atlantic. The geologists were always telling us there saw strange features they couldn’t explain.
the thing about that crater, depending on the age of the impact, it might have actually happened on Doggerland, before the north sea swallowed it up, so it quite well might have not been underwater