Hi Paul and List, Thanks for the trinitite links! A couple of those are new to me. Now I have something to read today. :)
Best regards, MikeG On 2/27/10, Paul Heinrich <oxytropidoce...@cox.net> wrote: > In the thread [meteorite-list] "Who is Dr. LaPaz" at > http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/meteorite-list/2010-February/061407.html > > Shawn Alan asked: > > "Lastly, along with the meteorite specimens I also received > a trinitite fragment weighing at 1.79g that he had collected > from the Trinity project and was wondering if people on > the list knew much about this stuff." > > Go look at; > > 1. "Trinitite" at: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinitite > > 2. Parekh, P. P.. T. M. Semkow, M. A. Torres, D. K. Haines, > J. M. Cooper, P. M. Rosenberg and M. E. Kitto, 2006, > Radioactivity in Trinitite six decades later. Journal of > Environmental Radioactivity. vol. 85, no. 1, pp. 103–112. > > Abstract at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2005.01.017 > > PDF file at > > http://www.ecolo.org/documents/documents_in_english/Trinitite-JER-2006.pdf > > 3. Trinitite Varieties Steven L. Kay, Nuclearon > > http://www.radiochemistry.org/documents/pdf/trinitite_nuclearon_061608.pdf > > 4. Ross, C. S., 1948, Optical properties of glass from > Alamogordo, New Mexico. American Mineralogist. vol 33, > no 5-6, pp. 360-363. > > http://www.minsocam.org/ammin/AM33/AM33_360.pdf > http://www.minsocam.org/msa/collectors_corner/amtoc/toc1948.htm > > 5. Eby, G. N., N. Charley, and J. A., Smoliga, 2010, and > Trinitite - The Atomic Clock. Geological Society of America > Abstracts with Programs. vol. . 42, no. 1, p. 77. > > http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2010NE/finalprogram/abstract_169905.htm > > 6. Pittauerova, D., nd, Trinitite Radioactivity of trinitite after > 62 years. Radioactivity Measurements Laboratory, Universitat > Breman. > > http://www.radioaktivitaet.uni-bremen.de/Seminar/Trinitite.pdf > > Reading about the bomb tests from Pittauerova (nd). > > Rhodes, Richard, 1986, The Making of the Atomic Bomb. > Simon and Schuster, New York > > Szasz, Ferene, 1984, The Day the Sun Rose Twice. > University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque > > Jungk, Robert, 1958, Brighter than a Thousand Suns: > A Personal History of the Atomic Scientists. Harcourt > Brace, New York. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Jungk > > A related paper is: > > Whitehead, N. E., S. Endo, K. Tanaka, T. Takatsuji, M. Hoshi, > S. Fukutani, R.G. Ditchburn, and A. Zondervan. 2007, A > preliminary study on the use of 10Be in forensic radioecology > of nuclear explosion sites. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. > vol. 99, no. 2, pp. 260-270. > > http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17904707 > > Yours, > > Paul H. > > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Mike Gilmer - Galactic Stone & Ironworks Meteorites http://www.galactic-stone.com http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone ------------------------------------------------------------ ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list