[meteorite-list] New Crater Found?

From: Greg Redfern <gredfern_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:13:26 -0400 (EDT)
Message-ID: <3592005.1205954006949.JavaMail.root_at_elwamui-polski.atl.sa.earthlink.net>

All,

Does anyone know what field work and follow on scientific analysis was done to confirm the crater as being an impact crater? Without collection of geological data and samples from the alleged impact site followed by scientific analysis of same, it CANNOT be confirmed as an impact crater. This is analogous as to the scientific classification process that alleged meteorites must undergo in order to CONFRIM their origin.

All the best.

Greg Redfern

-----Original Message-----
>From: Eric Wichman <eric at meteoritewatch.com>
>Sent: Mar 19, 2008 2:31 PM
>To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>Subject: [meteorite-list] New Crater Found?
>
>Hi All,
>
>Ok, not "NEW" in geological terms, but new to us maybe... Just
>received an email that and Australian geologist accidentally
>discovered a meteorite crater in western Australia.
>
>"Dr. Hickman, from the Geological Survey of Western Australia sent
>the Google Earth picture to a colleague who was able to confirm that
>it was an undiscovered meteorite crater. The crater is now named
>Hickman crater. The crater is believed to be between 10,000 and
>100,000 years old and is 885 feet across." SOURCE:
>http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/03/18/google-earth-leads-geologist-to-meteor-crater
>
>You can also read more here:
>http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2008/03/australian_geologist_accidentally_d.html
>
>I also found another link from that article. This is probably old
>news but I thought I'd share:
>
>A Huge 19 mile wide Crater in the Sahara:
>http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2006/03/huge_crater_dis.html
>
>And Here:
>http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060303_big_crater.html
>
>Cool stuff!
>
>Eric
>MW
>
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Received on Wed 19 Mar 2008 03:13:26 PM PDT