It takes the average reader 2 hours and 5 minutes to read Chicxulub: The Impact and Tsunami by David Shonting
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
This book tells the story of the catastrophic impact of the giant 10 Km asteroid Chicxulub into the ancient Gulf of Mexico 65.5 million years ago. The book begins with a discussion of the nature of asteroids and the likelihood of future Earth-impacts. The story then turns to the discovery of a global sediment layer attributed to the fallout from the impact and a piecing together of the evidence that revealed a monster crater, buried under the Gulf. Reviewed is the myriad of geological and fossil evidence that suggested the disastrous sequence of events occurring when a "nuclear-like"...
Chicxulub: The Impact and Tsunami by David Shonting is 124 pages long, and a total of 31,496 words.
This makes it 42% the length of the average book. It also has 38% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 52 minutes to read Chicxulub: The Impact and Tsunami aloud.
Chicxulub: The Impact and Tsunami is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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