[meteorite-list] "The Search for the Missing Amazon Meteor"

From: Mal Bishop <magbish3_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:08:31 2004
Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20020925122625.00b853e0_at_mail.lig.bellsouth.net>

Hi Folks,

I thought some of you might be interested in reading this article
at Space.com:

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 http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/planetearth/crater_expedition_020924-=
1.html

Very interesting excerpt, "On Sept. 26, the expedition team will hold=20
their third and last live webcast, accessible through their web site=20
(http://www.blueiceonline.org)."

The researchers involved think this may be the youngest impact crater on=20
Earth (the site is located in Bolivia);

"Scientists are not certain how or when Iturralde Crater formed (despite=20
its name that alludes to an impact). General speculation and circumstantial=
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evidence point to the collision of a meteor =96 either an asteroid or comet=
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-- about 5,000 to 30,000 years ago. This would make it one of the youngest=
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impact craters known, although some scientists argue it is much older."

I know this "missing Amazon meteor" story has been around for sometime and=
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is rather controversial, but at the same time, have any
of you heard of the theory related to a meteor impact that may have shaped=
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the coastline of North and South Carolina! There is a geophysicist
(I can't remember his name or where I read the story at this time, but I=20
will find it again soon) who claims that this just may have happened.
Although most if not all of his fellow peers strongly doubt it, he is still=
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undeterred and says he will prove it one way or another!

Both topics are extremely interesting...

Mal
Received on Wed 25 Sep 2002 12:49:18 PM PDT