The Carnian Pluvial Event: When It Rained For 2 Million Years On Earth
In the 1970s and fourscore , geologists noticed unusual layers wedge in ancient rock’n’roll , go steady to around 232 - 4 million years ago . In the Eastern Alps , one squad investigateda level of siliclastic deposit deposited in carbonate . Meanwhile , in the UK , geologist and forensic scientist Alastair Ruffell examined alayer of hoar rockfound inside the illustrious cherry stone found in the region . Both findings , and many since , suggested one matter : around 232 million years ago , the Earth left a ironical spell and it began to rain down ....