[meteorite-list] NP Article, 09-1963 3 Lakes in Canada Meteorite Craters
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:28:27 2004 Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV65gl4rhYQYx000039d2_at_hotmail.com> ------=_NextPart_001_0047_01C3918D.D3D6ECC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Title: Lancaster Eagle Gazette City: Lancaster, Ohio Date: Thursday, September 19, 1963 Page: 23 3 Large Lakes In Northern Canada Meteorite Craters TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - A glass consultant and a professor at the University = of Pittsburgh says an expedition he was on this summer has found evidence= that three large lakes in northern Canada are meteorite craters. Dr. Alvin J. Cohn, a consultant for the Owens-Illinois Glass Co., said th= at if the theory is true, one of the lakes Manicouagan Lake 600 miles nor= th of Montreal, would be the largest meteorite crater in North America an= d the second largest in the world. The lake is more than 45 miles in diameter. Also studied by the group were Lac Couture, 600 to the northwest of Manuc= ouaga and Clearwater Lake near the east coast of Judson Bay. Clearwater L= ake, according to Cohen, is contained in two joined craters. One is 18 mi= les in diameter and the other 13 miles across. Cohen said evidence of meteorites hitting the earth are being discovered = at an increasing regularity. Two of the most recent craters discovered ar= e in Adam County, Ohio, one near Serpent Mound. That crater is four miles= in diameter. They range in age from 20,000 to 250 million years. Cohen said a meteorite one mile in diameter striking the earth would make= a crater 45 miles across. The impact would knock down trees and houses o= ver hundreds of square miles. Cohen, in an interview with Toledo Blade Science Editor Ray Bruner, said = he and the other scientists with him believe the basnis for the lakes wer= e made by meteorites because of the shape. He said aerial photos showed p= art of the shoreline may have been formed by the impact of the meteorite. Cohen said if it is a crater it was formed by termendous impact because t= he curvature of the shoreline suggest the existence of a crater more than= 250 miles across. Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor= and meteorite articles. ------=_NextPart_001_0047_01C3918D.D3D6ECC0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV><B><FONT size=3D= 2> <P>Title: Lancaster Eagle Gazette</P> <P>City: Lancaster, Ohio</P> <P>= Date: Thursday, September 19, 1963</P> <P>Page: 23</P></B> <P> </P> = <P>3 Large Lakes In Northern Canada Meteorite Craters</P> <P>TOLEDO, Ohio= (AP) - A glass consultant and a professor at the University of Pittsburg= h says an expedition he was on this summer has found evidence that three = large lakes in northern Canada are meteorite craters.</P> <P>Dr. Alvin J.= Cohn, a consultant for the Owens-Illinois Glass Co., said that if the th= eory is true, one of the lakes Manicouagan Lake 600 miles north of Montre= al, would be the largest meteorite crater in North America and the second= largest in the world.</P> <P>The lake is more than 45 miles in diameter.= </P> <P>Also studied by the group were Lac Couture, 600 to the northwest = of Manucouaga and Clearwater Lake near the east coast of Judson Bay. Clea= rwater Lake, according to Cohen, is contained in two joined craters. One = is 18 miles in diameter and the other 13 miles across.</P> <P>Cohen said = evidence of meteorites hitting the earth are being discovered at an incre= asing regularity. Two of the most recent craters discovered are in Adam C= ounty, Ohio, one near Serpent Mound. That crater is four miles in diamete= r. They range in age from 20,000 to 250 million years.</P> <P>Cohen said = a meteorite one mile in diameter striking the earth would make a crater 4= 5 miles across. The impact would knock down trees and houses over hundred= s of square miles.</P> <P>Cohen, in an interview with Toledo Blade Scienc= e Editor Ray Bruner, said he and the other scientists with him believe th= e basnis for the lakes were made by meteorites because of the shape. He s= aid aerial photos showed part of the shoreline may have been formed by th= e impact of the meteorite.</P> <P>Cohen said if it is a crater it was for= med by termendous impact because the curvature of the shoreline suggest t= he existence of a crater more than 250 miles across.</P> <P></P></FONT><B= R><BR>Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of = meteor and meteorite articles.</DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_0047_01C3918D.D3D6ECC0-- Received on Mon 13 Oct 2003 02:28:02 PM PDT |
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