[meteorite-list] Greatly impacted lakes

From: Dave <Dave_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:44:13 2004
Message-ID: <004701c0f8c7$f166cb40$aacd7cd1_at_dave>

I suppose it's not really a lake, but there are some studies indicating that
an impact was instrumental in the development of Chesapeake Bay.

See http://geology.er.usgs.gov/eespteam/crater/ and
http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/epubs/bolide/ for more information.

Dave Hostetter


> Are there any other large lakes in North America suspected of being
> formed by impacts, such as the Finger Lakes of New York State, Great
> Bear Lake?
Received on Tue 19 Jun 2001 09:58:38 AM PDT