The Geological Society of America recently published two new Papers arguing for a hypothtical, Pleistocene Saginaw Bay impact In their “In the Footsteps of Warren B. Hamilton: New Ideas in Earth Science” volume. They are:
Davias, M.E., and Harris, T.H.S., 2022, Postulating an unconventional location for the missing mid-Pleistocene transition impact: Repaving North America with a cavitated regolith blanket while dispatching Australasian tektites and giving Michigan a thumb, in Foulger, G.R., Hamilton, L.C., Jurdy, D.M., Stein, C.A., Howard, K.A., and Stein, S., eds., In the Footsteps of Warren B. Hamilton: New Ideas in Earth Science: Geological Society of America Special Paper 553, https://doi.org/10.1130/2021.2553(24). https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/books/book/2323/chapter/132525009/Postulating-an-unconventional-location-for-the Harris, T.H.S., 2022, Terrestrial ejecta suborbital transport and the rotating frame transform, in Foulger, G.R., Hamilton, L.C., Jurdy, D.M., Stein, C.A., Howard, K.A., and Stein, S., eds., In the Footsteps of Warren B. Hamilton: New Ideas in Earth Science: Geological Society of America Special Paper 553, p. 1–22, https:// doi.org/10.1130/2021.2553(23). (open access) https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/books/book/2323/chapter/132758923/Terrestrial-ejecta-suborbital-transport-and-the Klokočník, J., Bezděk, A., and Kostelecký, J., 2022, Gravity field aspects for identification of cosmic impact structures on Earth, in Foulger, G.R., Hamilton, L.C., Jurdy, D.M., Stein, C.A., Howard, K.A., and Stein, S., eds., In the Footsteps of Warren B. Hamilton: New Ideas in Earth Science: Geological Society of America Special Paper 553, p. 251–260, https://doi.org/10.1130/2021.2553(21). https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/books/book/2323/chapter/132964534/Gravity-field-aspects-for-identification-of-cosmic https://www.asu.cas.cz/~jklokocn/spe553-21-final.pdf The seemingly annual conference presentations by M. E. Davias, about their ideas can be found on their web pages at: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michael-Davias-2/research Enjoy, Paul H. ______________________________________________ RARE CANYON DIABLO METEORITE Bonhams Natural History auction on May 17 offers 50+ lots of stellar planetary meteorite specimens, including a complete Canyon Diablo example with superb regmaglypts. Browse the auction and register to bid online. Link: https://www.bonhams.com/auction/27482/lot/3386/ ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
