Person · Younger Dryas impact hypothesis

Richard B. Firestone

Nuclear chemist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; first author of the 2007 paper

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Evidence for an extraterrestrial impact 12,900 years ago that contributed to the megafaunal extinctions and the Younger Dryas cooling

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Firestone and colleagues propose a Younger Dryas impact

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Richard B. Firestone [Person FIG0D51X1ZE3FWZ]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/FIG0D51X1ZE3FWZ

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  title     = {Richard B. Firestone},
  author    = {{Mysteries Department}},
  year      = {2026},
  note      = {Person, catalog key FIG0D51X1ZE3FWZ},
  url       = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/FIG0D51X1ZE3FWZ}
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