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  IMAGES

http://www.oricom.ca/patrice.st-gelais/Form/Ammonites.jpg (March 20rd, 2005)

http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/southeast_asia/india/Deccan.jpg (March 20rd, 2005).

http://www.paleodirect.com/mosa1.htm (March 27th, 2005)

http://www.biltek.tubitak.gov.tr/jeolojik/Fanerozoik/Mezozoik/Kretase/Plesiosaur-elasdenota.jpg (March 20th, 2005)

Belcher, C., Royal Holloday, University of London, http://www.gl.rhul.ac.uk/~belcher/ktboundary/Picture3.jpg (March 20th, 2005).

Microsoft Encarta Online, http://images.encarta.msn.com/xrefmedia/sharemed/targets/images/pho/ t025/T025577A.jpg (March 20th, 2005)

PBS Online, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/gamma/images/cosm_supernova2_large.jpg (March 20th, 2005)

Universitat Mainz - Johannes Gutenberg
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University of Miami, http://fig.cox.miami.edu/~cmallery/150/scimeth/impactimage.jpg (March 20th, 2005).

Virginia Tech University, http://filebox.vt.edu/artsci/geology/mclean/Dinosaur_Volcano_Extinction/media /globdecL.gif (March 20th, 2005).