100 Million Years Off: UT Austin Researchers Say Meteor Hit Oklahoma Later than Thought

100 million years off: UT Austin researchers say meteor hit Oklahoma later than thought

Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin recently made a new discovery that rewrites a part of Oklahoma history.

A meteor hit Oklahoma 100 million years later than scientists thought

University of Texas researchers have redated an Oklahoma meteor impact to 370 million years ago, about 100 million years younger than previously thought, using zircon crystal analysis.