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PLEASE ANSWER FAST!!What was significant about the clay samples from the Western Hemisphere? How was the Alvarez hypothesis modified in response?​

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The Western Hemisphere contained significantly higher amounts of shock-fractured quartz. This led Walter and Luis Alvarez to hypothesize that the asteroid impact site was in the Western Hemisphere.

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