A 'seiche' wave can outpace a tsunami, and both can be triggered by meteorites and earthquakes
- Written by Craig O'Neill, Director of the Macquarie Planetary Research Centre/Associate Professor in Geodynamics, Macquarie University
Waves can be generated in lakes and other bodies of water when seismic energy travels through land. Leo Roomets / Unsplash, CC BY
A catastrophic event occurred on Earth 66 million years ago. A huge meteorite struck our planet in what is now Mexico, triggering mass extinctions of the dinosaurs and most other living creatures.
A new paper shows the fi...