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101météorite — [ meteɔrit ] n. m. ou f. • 1830; de météore ♦ Astron. Fragment de corps céleste qui tombe sur la Terre ou sur un astre quelconque. ⇒ aérolithe. Bombardement de météorites. « Un jour, elle m apporte une pierre couleur de fer, lisse et lourde. C… …
102trombe — [ trɔ̃b ] n. f. • 1611; trompe 1606; it. tromba « trompe, canal d une pompe » 1 ♦ Cyclone tropical déterminant, de la masse nuageuse à la mer, la formation d une sorte de colonne nébuleuse tourbillonnante qui soulève la surface des eaux. « la… …
103Dinosaur — For other uses, see Dinosaur (disambiguation). Dinosaurs Temporal range: Late Triassic–Late Cretaceous, 231.4–65.5 Ma …
104Extinction event — …
105Near-Earth object — Asteroid 4179 Toutatis is a potentially hazardous object that has passed within 2.3 lunar distances …
106Meteor Crater — For meteorite created craters in general, see Impact crater. Barringer Crater redirects here. For the crater on the Moon, see Barringer (lunar crater). Meteor Crater Also known as Barringer Crater …
107Impact event — Artist s impression of a major impact event. The collision between Earth and an asteroid a few kilometers in diameter may release as much energy as several million nuclear weapons detonating simultaneously. An impact event is the collision of a… …
108Chicxulub crater — Imaging from NASA s Shuttle Radar Topography Mission STS 99 reveals part of the 180 kilometer (112 mi) diameter ring of the crater; clustered around the crater s trough are numerous sinkholes, suggesting a prehistoric oceanic basin in… …
109Megatsunami — An artist s rendering of wave shoaling of a tsunami. Megatsunami (also known as iminami (斎波?, purification wave )) …
110Alexander Tollmann — Dr. Alexander Tollmann (June 27, 1928 ndash; August 8, 2007 [ [http://derstandard.at/?url=/?id=3009636 derStandard.at ] ] ) was an Austrian professor of geology.He was born in Vienna. He has been professor at the Geologischen Institut of the… …
