[meteorite-list] Meteor Impact Theory Takes a Hit

From: Darren Garrison <cynapse_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Jan 20 18:06:41 2005
Message-ID: <5ce0v0dkro490antpuv0hc54jgtmg7bptm_at_4ax.com>

On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 14:59:49 -0800 (PST), Ron Baalke <baalke_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov> wrote:


>"We all assumed in the scientific community that if one extinction could
>be caused by an impact, they all could," said Peter Ward, a University
>of Washington paleontologist and lead author of the new study. "I went
>(to South Africa) specifically to prove that this was caused by an
>impact and walked out of there thinking that, no, it wasn't."
>

For anyone who's tastes strays into Paleontology, I'd like to strongly reccomend Peter Ward's recent
book _Gorgon_, on this very research.
Received on Thu 20 Jan 2005 06:08:44 PM PST