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For the geophyscist out there. Assume the Yucatan penensula was caused by a impact. Could this also cause the brime layer at the bottom of the sea there?
Also, would an impact that large cause any stretching along the crust. I'm thinking like how a soccerball stretches opposite the impact of a kick.
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- ♪Lv 41 decade agoFavorite Answer
I'm not a geophysicist but I studied geology.
The 120 km impact crater is on land and the other half is in the gulf so it is doubtful the peninsula was caused by the impact however it may have been modified by the impact.
No.. It wouldn't have anything directly to do with the brine. It punched right through the crust, you had magma coming up ejecting parts of the crust. Keep in mind the material ejected out went all around the planet, so its doubtful brine would have been directly formed by that.