[meteorite-list] Craterfield in the SE part of the Egyptian Desert

From: j.divelbiss_at_att.net <j.divelbiss_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Oct 8 13:35:41 2004
Message-ID: <100820041735.2822.4166CFD90009C48F00000B0621603759649C9C070D040A90070BD206_at_att.net>

Thanx Bernd,

Sounds like a Sikhote Alin strewnfield with lots of small craters.

I'm always amazed at those who speak/read/write more than one language. I can barely handle english by itself.

Living here in Reading, PA we have a large population of hipsanic folks, and on more than one occasion I've worked with a secretary who could sit there typing 60 words a minute in english while talking on the phone at about 90 words a minute in spanish. Now that is impressive.

Regards,

Language challenged John



-------------- Original message from bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de: --------------

> John D. wrote:
>
> > 100 craters???...is that number correct? They must be relatively
> > small to be distinguishable in an area the size of Egypt. Curious
>
>
> Hello John and List,
>
> The French version of the text is not quite clear on that because it
> states:
>
> > Ils... ont détecté plusieurs dizaines de structures géologiques circulaires
>
> In English:
>
> They have discovered *several tens* of these circular geological structures
>
> and furthermore:
>
> > Une mission sur le terrain ... a permis de vérifier que la plupart de ces
> > structures, dont 13 ont été étudiées en détails, sont des cratères d'impacts
> > de météorites.
>
> In English:
>
> A scientific expedition in this area ...made it possible to verify that *most*
> of these structures, *13 of which* have been studied in detail, are meteorite
> impact craters.
>
> > They must be relatively small to be distinguishable in an area the size of
> Egypt.
>
> That's the easy part of you question because the text says:
>
> > Leur diamètre varie de 20 m à 1 km
>
> So some of these craters (craterlets?) are only 20 meters in diameter.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Bernd
>
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