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52-foot-high 'megaripples' from asteroid that killed the dinosaurs mapped deep beneath Louisiana in 3D

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New study shows tsunami-driven "megaripples" were created in the seafloor after the Chicxulub asteroid impact 66 million years ago .

The findings offer a new insight into the extreme forces unleashed by the tsunami that followed the impact of the asteroid.

The ripples are different on the slope, at the shelf break and further up the shelf.

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