[meteorite-list] Are the Great Dismal Swamp and Lake Drummond Impact Structures?

2014-09-21 Thread E.P. Grondine via Meteorite-list
of search would be a perfectly wonderful project for Mr. Boslough. Too bad there are only poisonous snakes in the swamp, and no alligators.) good hunting all, E.P. Grondine Man and Impact in the Americas __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] New Hoba meteorite search

2014-09-20 Thread E.P. Grondine via Meteorite-list
Hi Bob - Right off, I'd have to say that I concur with you generally on an asteroid source for irons. The problem is that we do not know the composition of the centers of comets. (And Hoba does lack an impact crater, indicating a low velocity of impact.) We do not know the composition and

[meteorite-list] Astrobleme / Meteorite search in Namibia

2014-09-19 Thread E.P. Grondine via Meteorite-list
principles of accretion. The National Geographic Society steps in where NASA and the NSF failed to act. As many of you know, my own work dealt mainly with recent impacts, and not older geological ones. E.P. Grondine Man and Impact in the Americas

Re: [meteorite-list] Chelyabinsk Meteorite Sheds Light on Dinosaur Extinction Mystery

2014-08-07 Thread E.P. Grondine via Meteorite-list
Mike G writes: Am I missing something? In short, Mike, yes. Serious work on the KT impacts which was never done or which is suppressed. But missing all of that is not your fault, as the blame may be securely placed on other parties. good hunting all, E.P. Grondine Man and Impact

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites and Meteorite People on TV lately...

2014-07-30 Thread E.P. Grondine via Meteorite-list
Hi all - If everyone who goes hunting simply buys some memory cards for their smart phones+ cameras, and everyone pools their footage afterwards, you could assemble tv shows afterwards. Besides the traditional channels, there are new internet video services such as VEVO for distribution.

[meteorite-list] Ancient meteorites

2014-07-30 Thread E.P. Grondine via Meteorite-list
Hi Shawn - You can try to find a copy of this book: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1733926W/Die_Metalle_im_Alten_Orient There are also multiple studies which are available through the internet. Sorry, but I do not have a list of them handy. Perhaps Berndt can help. E.P.

[meteorite-list] Meteorite collection survey

2014-07-15 Thread E.P. Grondine via Meteorite-list
Hi Paul - 1.  What or who got you interested in meteorites and how old were you when you got your first meteorite? Impacts got me interested in meteorites. I was trying to see if anyone had any fragments from the Joshua impact event. 2.  What was your first meteorite? Slices I bought from

[meteorite-list] Hi Adam

2014-07-11 Thread E.P. Grondine via Meteorite-list
HI Adam - I don't know about the state laws there, but it is probably illegal to excavate, unless you get archaeologists to do it for you. But before you do that, I would be happy to give you some pointers on both your sites and archaeologists - off list though. PS - If you re-invest

Re: [meteorite-list] Steve's store

2014-04-24 Thread E.P. Grondine
took videos of their hunts, some decent television shows could be put together. Ed E.P. Grondine Man and Impact in the Americas - still looking for nice astroblemes from the comet killer Hi all, I just returned from Arkansas where I met up with Steve Arnold and purchased a large Brenham

[meteorite-list] Choctaw impact account

2013-11-25 Thread E.P. Grondine
TWO FRAGMENTS OF A CHOCTAW IMPACT TRADITION The traditions of the Choctaws concerning the Oka Falama [the Returned waters] is as follows: FRAGMENT 1 In ancient time, after many generations of mankind had lived and passed from the stage of being, the race became so corrupt and wicked,

Re: [meteorite-list] Hancock and the HSIE

2013-06-05 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi Paul - If someone like Hancock finally understands that a comet hit North America 13,000 years ago, you would think that other more coherent individuals would be able to as well. For the impactite strata at 18 different archaeological sites see:

Re: [meteorite-list] New Sales Tax

2013-05-07 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi all - If one of the purposes is to eliminate an advantage that online firms have over local firms, IMO, that limit for reporting should be raised a whole lot to keep small local businesses going. Otherwise, someone is going to make a whole lot of money selling some type of software to

[meteorite-list] KaBOOM: New way to hunt for meteorites?

2013-03-12 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi all - http://www.universetoday.com/100400/nasas-kaboom-experimental-asteroid-radar-aims-tothwart-earths-kaboom/ If this radar array works the way NASA claims it will (And who all here remembers NASA's Ares 1?), then it looks like you'll just be able to go to where the meteoroid is expected

[meteorite-list] The dangers of self pairing

2013-03-07 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi Jason - This recent exchange reminds me of the case several years ago where a senior scientist paired iron impactites with cometary impactites, and was then surprised when the dates did not match. He managed to cause no end of confusion for some people. E.P.

[meteorite-list] The physics of strewn fields

2013-03-07 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi Carl - There is a difference between physics and meta-physics. While the folks at Meteor Crater have been ceaselessly promoting the use of meteor for meteoroid, the earlier definitions work better for discussion. Right now, I am just wondering if anyone gathered snow samples or air samples

[meteorite-list] which reminds me...

2013-03-07 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi all - Given the 10% iron content of Chelyabinsk, I wonder if any of the local people know about gutter hunting? good hunting, all Ed __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list

[meteorite-list] The future reputable Chelyabinsk sales

2013-03-03 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi all - It would seem to me that most of the major dealers have dealt with Russian collectors, dealers, and laboratories for years and will get their specimens through them. The important news is that Putin's decision on professional organizations now makes it possible for the Russian

Re: [meteorite-list] Physics of entry and bolides

2013-02-28 Thread E.P. Grondine
it to Elton (or one of your using the archive) to make it all clear once again. all the best, E.P. Grondine Man and Impact in the Americas __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Chelyabinsk note

2013-02-23 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi all - I'd like to remind everyone here that there were about 50 children in the hospital due to this one, and if they don't at least get crumbs in jars from it, then shame on us. Usually in a cometary fragment bolide, most of the meteoroid is turned to plasma in the bolide, and then

[meteorite-list] Chelyabinsk ballistics

2013-02-23 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi all - I need to add that the speed of any surviving larger fragments after the bolide event can be estimated from the contrail speed after it. Add in height at the bolide, and then rely on the locals... whew... good hunting, Ed __ Visit the

Re: [meteorite-list] Video selection criteria

2013-02-22 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi Bob - If an original dash cam video has a Russian pop tune playing on the radio, it does not bother me, and quite frankly some of the tunes are quite interesting, if not enjoyable. Life happens. good hunting, Ed __ Visit the Archives at

Re: [meteorite-list] terminology

2013-02-22 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hello everyone - What is the difference between a meteoroid impact and an asteroid impact? Well, in a meteoroid impact there are people left alive to collect meteorites afterwards. My guess is that those popping sounds are due to the release of simple mechanical energy well after the main

Re: [meteorite-list] Video selection criteria

2013-02-22 Thread E.P. Grondine
hunting, Ed --- On Fri, 2/22/13, Galactic Stone Ironworks meteoritem...@gmail.com wrote: From: Galactic Stone Ironworks meteoritem...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Video selection criteria To: E.P. Grondine epgrond...@yahoo.com Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Friday

Re: [meteorite-list] Chelyabinsk: of contrails, bollides and IR

2013-02-16 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hello everyone - I got to watch the Russian videos before all the pop tunes and colorful Russian expressions were removed. The sanitized compilations are simply not as good. I would have preferred subtitles being added to them instead. One of the interesting things is that releases of binding

[meteorite-list] Trajectories and billiards

2013-02-16 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi all - For some reason, everyone seems to think that 2012 DA14 had no debris floating around it, while every close up we've ever seen of any small body has shown debris on its surface and/or cratering. Now if instead of using a point solution, which is adequate for most tracking purposes,

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite over Russia

2013-02-15 Thread E.P. Grondine
of the Chelyabinsk branch of the Emergencies Ministry. I know there are some Siberian separatists, but last I heard Siberia was still part of the Russian Federation. E.P. Grondine Man and Impact in the Americas __ Visit the Archives at http

Re: [meteorite-list] new BLM regs

2013-02-09 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi all - Undoubtedly some of you hunters will be faced with the terrible problem of what to do with that 10 pound 1 ounce meteorite that you've found. Well, I am very willing to help you out on this. Simply saw open a windown, and send the 2 ounces to me at E.P. Grondine P.O. Box 158

Re: [meteorite-list] BLM regs

2013-02-08 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi all - What to do if you find a 10 pound meteorite on BLM land? Well, perhaps nomcom could come up with some new names, like WUSA (Western U.S. of A.), or say NNA (Northern North America - Canada). I hereby open the floor for proposals. Have a great time in Tucson - E.P.

Re: [meteorite-list] Holocene Start Impact Event Controversy Continues

2013-02-06 Thread E.P. Grondine
they would be fired if their statements were later demonstrated to be complete nonsense. As you may also know, I have not discussed certain accounts or geological features for fear of having sites plundered. All in all, I'd rather be in Tucson. E.P. Grondine Man and Impact in the Americas

Re: [meteorite-list] Holocene Start Impact Event Work

2013-02-06 Thread E.P. Grondine
is not needed there either. I'd love to be in Tuscon so I could show you all the Shawnee meteorite artifacts I recovered, but the Great Spirit had other plans for me this winter. Perhaps next year. Well, good hunting everyone, and have a great show, E.P. Grondine Man and Impact in the Americas

[meteorite-list] Holocene Start Impact Event Controversy Continues

2013-02-01 Thread E.P. Grondine
or her. Denial is a strange psychological mechanism, and undoubtedly we will hear stories about how an asteroid impact did not kill the dinosaurs for many years to come. E.P. Grondine Man and Impact in the Americas __ Visit the Archives at http

Re: [meteorite-list] Gerta Kellers latest load

2012-12-09 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi Tony - And the correct answer is: http://www.economist.com/node/14698363 One has to wonder why NSF continues to fund Keller. It looks to me like denial is trying to pass itself off as scepticism. E.P. Grondine Man and Impact in the Americas

[meteorite-list] Un-AD

2012-12-07 Thread E.P. Grondine
, the First Peoples' histories it contains are not easily available, and many of its readers use it for reference. all the best - E.P. Grondine Man and Impact in the Americas __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Budha statue analysis

2012-10-24 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi all - http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/recently-discovered-meteorite-buddha-with-swastika-likely-a-fake-a-862919.html Now the question is who made it and why. E.P. __ Visit the Archives at

[meteorite-list] Blueberries on Mars

2012-09-25 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi Paul - From the start, I have thought that these are impact vapor condensates, and not the water mineral accretions that NASA's Mars specialists have insisted. E.P. __ Visit the Archives at

Re: [meteorite-list] Did Chicxulub have an accomplice?

2012-09-13 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi all - Denial of the impact hazard takes many forms. For a detailed discussion of the role of Deccam Volcanism in the extinction of the dinosaurs, see: http://www.economist.com/node/14698363 E.P. Grondine Man and Impact in the Americas

Re: [meteorite-list] Psuedocraters never die

2012-09-07 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi Paul - No question Laura Knight is more than a little nuts. When you work in impact, you end up with nuts of various stripes going after you/ latching onto your work, often coming in from entirely different directions. I read a piece the other day where David Morrison spends a half an hour

Re: [meteorite-list] Darryl Futrell

2012-08-17 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi all - Darryl also contacted me privately about this project. A real gentleman. E.P. --- On Mon, 6/28/99, Darryl S. Futrell futre...@gte.net wrote: From: Darryl S. Futrell futre...@gte.net Subject: Re: possible tektite book To: Darryl S. Futrell futre...@gte.net,

[meteorite-list] What killed off the Mammoth?

2012-06-16 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi Paul - The answer is the same thing that killed off many megafuana intercontinentally, instantaneously, and simlutaneously: global climate collapse, i.l., nucelar winter. Now they are two causes of global dust loading, one of which is volcanic eruption, the other impact. Since we have no

Re: [meteorite-list] What killed off the Mammoth?

2012-06-16 Thread E.P. Grondine
, simultaneous extintinctions of megafauna, see Mammoths, pages 124-125. EP --- On Sat, 6/16/12, Sterling K. Webb sterling_k_w...@sbcglobal.net wrote: From: Sterling K. Webb sterling_k_w...@sbcglobal.net Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] What killed off the Mammoth? To: E.P. Grondine epgrond...@yahoo.com

[meteorite-list] A Western Crater Field?

2012-05-27 Thread E.P. Grondine
a river which would have formed a rather perfect animal migration path. Whether they are or not will require proper geological field examination. E.P. Grondine Man and Impact in the Americaz http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flathead_lake.jpg __ Visit

[meteorite-list] Sutter's Mill hunt

2012-05-05 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi all - Just catching up with my email here. Count, your flying credentials are astounding! I think that they might be able to spot broken tree limbs from their blimp, but we'll see. I wonder if this hunt will make Meteorite Men? If not, why don't all of you there all save your footage and

[meteorite-list] SW desert meteorites

2012-04-30 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi all - The battle with the virus appears to have been won. My apologies to all who had their time wasted with it. Given the behavior of some people, I really don't want to speak publicly about this. Perhaps privately with some of you in Tucson next year. That said, perhaps the thing to do

[meteorite-list] My apologies - I was hit by virus and trojan

2012-04-29 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi all- I was hit by a virus and trojan. My apologies to all who received its forwards. Things seem to be clearing up now, but we'll see. E.P. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing

[meteorite-list] NASA: Comets do not hit the Earth

2012-04-29 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi all - It will be interesting to see the composition/formation date data for the spherules examined in this study. E.P. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list

[meteorite-list] Well informed comments on YD impacts?

2012-03-13 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi Rich - Not really. While other posters there have some useful information, your friend Dennis has none, at least not yet. Paul has written about Dennis's earlier impact discoveries, and I leave Dennis's new Mexican dessert features to Paul's analysis. Even if what Dennis is viewing are

Re: [meteorite-list] Pleistocene-Holocene impactite layer

2012-03-09 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi Paul, Jason - We have yet to hear from either of you on the global distribution of the impactite layer from 10,750 BCE. For any of you interested in the market for shatter cones from the Northwest, my notes on the Assiniboine memories of events can be found in the list archives. E.P

Re: [meteorite-list] Permian Extinction

2012-02-08 Thread E.P. Grondine
on the flu of interest, as it makes not being in Tucson this year easier to take. Hope I get there next year, E.P. Grondine Man and Impact in the Americas __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Tucson

2012-01-20 Thread E.P. Grondine
wishes Doug -Original Message- From: E.P. Grondine epgrond...@yahoo.com To: meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thu, Jan 19, 2012 11:01 pm Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Tucson Hi everyone - I will not be able to go to Tucson this year, as the need

Re: [meteorite-list] Tucson

2012-01-19 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi everyone - I will not be able to go to Tucson this year, as the need for a root canal (and its expense) has intervened. I hope those of you expecting to get signed copies of Man and Impact in the Americss there will not be too disappointed. I also want to apologize to those who were

[meteorite-list] FW ; Request for help with possible craters

2011-12-26 Thread E.P. Grondine
=Position_Statement_on_Science_and_Evolution - Forwarded Message - From: Charles O'Dale codale0...@rogers.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 8:15:14 AM Subject: Help with new Holocene crater, please E.P. Grondine: The area around Sept

[meteorite-list] Thanks for help with crater

2011-12-17 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi Paul - Pretty much nuts on, but I my estimate is that it not was the receding ice sheet that led to the sedimentary deposits - more likely it was a massive freshwater discharge. Given the fishing in the area, and Canada's other oil deposits, it will be interesting to watch how the oil

[meteorite-list] Help with new Holocene crater, please

2011-12-14 Thread E.P. Grondine
be the crater floor, and not infill sediments, and thus the impact itself would have had to have been well after 10,900 BCE? E.P. Grondine Man and Impact in the Americas __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html

Re: [meteorite-list] Early Earth temperatures

2011-12-09 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi Ron, all - The easy solution to this problem is that the Earth has been loosing atmosphere to space for a long time - blown away by the solar wind. (That process will continue, and there's a sobering thought: when does our air run out?) By the way, someone needs to tell the WISE team

Re: [meteorite-list] Impact or Vulcanism?

2011-11-25 Thread E.P. Grondine
what he saw. E.P. Grondine Man and Impact in the Americas __ 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] Deaths by impact

2011-11-22 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hello everyone - I am not going to re-write the catalogue of massive deaths by impact here again for your amusement. If you're interested in a single small piece hitting an individual, that has been coverd by others, and I'm not that interested in it. I am interested in the report of an

[meteorite-list] Deaths by impact

2011-11-22 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi Anne - Just send them my way, and I'll be pleased to speak to them for several hours. The Big asteroidal hits that are known of have been Canyon Diablo (46,000 BCE), Campo de Cielo (2,235 BCE if memory serves), one in Siberia 26,000 BCE and one in Alaska ca 34,000 BCE. It is currently

Re: [meteorite-list] Keller's latest

2011-11-21 Thread E.P. Grondine
Good morning, everyone - Ever heard of the Shiva Crater? http://www.economist.com/node/14698363 Denial takes many forms. A neighbor here in town has a novel attitude toward impact events, or perhaps he just truthfully expressed an attitude that many may have, but are afraid to express.

[meteorite-list] Holocene Extinctions and a different lake

2011-11-17 Thread E.P. Grondine
. Perhaps the following will explain it better. Good hunting, all - E.P. Grondine Man and Impact in the Americas THE WASHINGTON SCABLANDS AND ASSINIBOINE IMPACT ACCOUNTS Several posters here are interested in Harlan Bretz and the spread of his catastrophist hypothesis for the formation

[meteorite-list] Holocene Extinctions

2011-11-16 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi all - I see from today's news that many people are still confused by the extinctions caused by the Holocene Start Impacts. Its really pretty easy, as Elephants need 450 pounds of food a day. Perhaps the following will explain it better. Good hunting, all - E.P. Grondine Man and Impact

[meteorite-list] Parent bodies

2011-10-28 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hello everyone - http://www.esa. int/esaCP/ SEMG93HURTG_ index_0.html Asteroid Lutetia: postcard from the past European Space Agency 27 October 2011 ESA's Rosetta spacecraft has revealed asteroid Lutetia to be a primitive body, left over as the planets were forming in our Solar System. Results

[meteorite-list] Records of lunar impacts

2011-10-28 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi Berndt - Thanks for the citation. There are probably multitudes of notes on lunar impacts in old astronomical records. Perhaps some of the old works on volcanoes on the Moon may have gathered some of them together. Darryl Futrell probably would have had them all at hand. Ed

[meteorite-list] AD: Man and Impact in the Americas

2011-10-24 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi all - With all of the exchanges on Chladni and Rittenhouse going on, it seems an appropriate time to mention that a pioneering study of recent impact events, signed copies of my very own Man and Impact in the Americas are available to list members for $20 plus $5 shipping US, or $15

Re: [meteorite-list] Kiris

2011-10-23 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi Rob - There was a discussion on the list many years ago about kiris. They were kept using a ritual that inhibited rusting. I don't know if I have any of the materials from that discussion in my files. I wonder, is there someone I could send my copies of met-list messages to who would add

[meteorite-list] LA meteorite display

2011-10-22 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi all - I think the meteorites are being shown in the wrong place - the display should be at Griffith Observatory. E.P. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list

[meteorite-list] UARS re-entry

2011-09-30 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi Rob - I suppose we have a saddening data set from Columbia. Ed __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] Another way for online bidding

2011-09-25 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hello everyone - I have thought for a long time that it would be better for the meteorite community as a whole to have its own online bidding site. Perhaps the advances in software and computing have made this possible now; I don't know. I had hoped that the IMCA might be the organization to

[meteorite-list] Good news

2011-09-24 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hello everyone - For this now most sellers some day soon may be required to have stuff authenticated by a licensed appraiser prior to listing the Name Brand stuff for sale. How will meteorite appraisers be recognized? E.P. __ Visit the Archives at

Re: [meteorite-list] PT extinction

2011-09-20 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi Paul -   Interesting links, but as we now know, volcanism and impact are not necessarily unrelated. See the recent work on the Shiva impact for more on this.   Ed __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html

[meteorite-list] GSA meeting details, anyone?

2011-09-20 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi -   Does anyone here (Paul?) have the details on the sessions on impact which will be held at the GSA meeting in Minneapolis-St.Paul? Dates, times, presenters?   Is anyone here attending? I will have to be in Ohio for a good part of that meeting.   Ed

Re: [meteorite-list] Ancient Constellations

2011-09-13 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi Folks - Which is better Red Shift or Starry Night for ancient skies? I don't know the technical difference between constellation and asterism except for one based on classical period constellations. I would suppose that for people today the Big Dipper and Little Dipper are constellations.

[meteorite-list] Ancient Constellations, part 2

2011-09-13 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi all - I now have requests to work on 4 North American astronomical petroglyphs, so as you can imagine, I have to focus op those right now,.as well as I can, which is not that good now. But here's a few thoughts: Man used boats very very early on in his evolution, and thus did celestial

[meteorite-list] Northern Central Asian Impact petroglyphs?

2011-09-09 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi all - Thanks for tracking down those images and reports. Since I lack intimate familiarity with the culures in the area, my comments will be limited. The comments about the re-use of petroglph sites and the difficulties in dating petroglyphs are valid in my own experience. The only thing

[meteorite-list] more on Chinese impact petroglyph

2011-08-29 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi all - I received this message. Apparently Robert is having trouble posting to the list. Dirk, can you help him fix this? Hello Ed, I tried to post additional info on the ancient Chinese impact to meteorite-list but failed as usual. I'll have to tweak my settings a bit more. Anyway, you

[meteorite-list] Ancient Chinese imapct

2011-08-27 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi all - http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/08/27/55273149.html As usual, cometary, so no good hunting for meteorites. If I ever locate any of those... good hunting, everyone E.P. __ Visit the Archives at

[meteorite-list] Massive amount of spaceflight artifacts coming onto the market

2011-08-13 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi all - It's the last lines of this that are of the most interest. Good luck, E.P. --- On Sat, 8/13/11, NASA News hqn...@mediaservices.nasa.gov wrote: From: NASA News hqn...@mediaservices.nasa.gov Subject: NASA Unveils New Batch Of Space Shuttle Program Artifacts To: NASA News

[meteorite-list] AD - More bad luck sale continues

2011-08-09 Thread E.P. Grondine
copies of Man and Impact are available to list members for $20 plus $5 shipping US, or $15 shipping overseas. E.P. Grondine Man and Impact in the Americas __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] DNA and RNA in cometary material

2011-08-09 Thread E.P. Grondine
Well now, that's a comforting thought: If the next big one hits and extincts all higher life forms on Earth, it will also bring with it the components to start life over again and give it another chance here. E.P. __ Visit the Archives at

[meteorite-list] Fusion process for CAI production?

2011-08-07 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi all - Now for the next stupid question. What fusion process creates CAI? E.P. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] CAI inclusions

2011-08-06 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi all - Simple question - what classes of meteorites have CAI inclusions? E.P. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

Re: [meteorite-list] Periodicity of Extinctions

2011-08-05 Thread E.P. Grondine
lack of work on this above). In particular, say, on the walls of Valles Marineris on Mars. Since WISE has pretty much shown that Nemesis does not exist, isn't far past the time when the Nemesis Hypothesis should be rejected? (And Morrison update his Sceptical Inquirer article?) E.P. Grondine Man

[meteorite-list] Meteorites from Mercury

2011-08-05 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi all - A few comments - Here on Earth larger fragments survive impact due to explosive lensing - I don't know how that applies to Mercury - Elton is the source for best estimates and explanations on that. The energies of impacts depend on what hits and how fast. There is also the problem

[meteorite-list] Periodicity of Extinctions

2011-08-03 Thread E.P. Grondine
which are being posted to the MPML. I hope that some IR images of 73P's dust load come along shortly. good hunting, E.P. Grondine Man and Impact in the Americas PS - I tried to get some YD nanodiamonds from an excavator to sell to list participants, but he thought the commercialism would sully

[meteorite-list] No Nemesis, yes; No periodicity, no.

2011-08-02 Thread E.P. Grondine
to indicate that some gravitational effects are just now coming into play. I hope that new studies of Mars' craters and those on other bodies will finally lead to a general accretion model in which asteroidal and cometary impacts rates will be determined with some certainty. E.P. Grondine Man

[meteorite-list] Cox's Crater Wrongs

2011-07-31 Thread E.P. Grondine
not understand the difference that the Earth's atmosphere makes in impact processes. I tried to point Dennis towards the upcoming Meteor Crater field school, but it appears that he would rather continue to vent his frustrations. Paul, Sterling, keep it up. :P) E.P. Grondine Man and Impact

[meteorite-list] OT: Congratulations Apollo astronauts

2011-07-31 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi all - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9arbAsN6MCE hey, just because you're getting older, it does not necessarily mean that you don't have the right stuff anymore... E.P. __ Visit the Archives at

Re: [meteorite-list] YD event, western meteorites

2011-07-27 Thread E.P. Grondine
Doug -Original Message- From: E.P. Grondine epgrond...@yahoo.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tue, Jul 26, 2011 9:45 pm Subject: [meteorite-list] YD event, western meteorites Hi Paul - The supernova hypothesis does not explain the sudden cooling

[meteorite-list] YD event, western meteorites

2011-07-26 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi Paul - The supernova hypothesis does not explain the sudden cooling of the Pacific Current off of the Northwest Pacific Coast. Let me run through a hypothetical mechanism again: the Berring straits are opened by a northward drainage of glacial Lake Agassiz, apparently triggered by impact

Re: [meteorite-list] Clovis Comet Debate

2011-07-15 Thread E.P. Grondine
cores. Mike, it was a comet that hit. I am looking to Ed Weiler being fired, so that this nonsense will come to an abrupt end. E.P. Grondine Man and Impact in the Americas __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list

[meteorite-list] Earth/Moon impact modeling

2011-07-04 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi Chris - The folks at NASA who are working on this are extremely competent, and are in close association with meteoritics research groups at universities and observatories around the world. To suggest that these people are incompetent says more about you than it does them. I did not say

[meteorite-list] Moon/Earth impact rates

2011-07-03 Thread E.P. Grondine
do not amount to one fact. As far as the effects of hyper-velocity dust goes, I seem to recall parts of Surveyor being examined after lunar surface exposure. all the best, E.P. Grondine Man and Impact in the Americas __ Visit the Archives at http

Re: [meteorite-list] Moon/Earth impact rates

2011-07-03 Thread E.P. Grondine
to risk their paychecks by saying anything about it. Last I heard, they all got together and went to some obscure conference and whispered about it... just my opinion, ya know... E.P. Grondine Man and Impact in the Americas __ Visit the Archives

Re: [meteorite-list] Mercury data

2011-06-26 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi Sterling - It would ironic (at the least) if we were to go from Moon volcanoes that are really impacts all the way to Mercury impacts that are really volcanoes! http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/17/science/space/17mercury.html Not to Hermann Burchard. To paraphrase: Many Earth impacts resulted

[meteorite-list] NASA SDO video

2011-06-26 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi all - Thanks for the link - truly magnificent. Now where to hell is the NASA video of the fragments of SL 9 hitting Jupiter? Its only been 14 years now. How incompetenet does Ed Weiler have to be before he gets fired? E.P. __ Visit the

[meteorite-list] Illinois, Indiana, Ohio glacial deposits

2011-06-09 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi everyone - Well, the meteorites won't be pristine, with some 13,000 years of weathering, but then - Who'd have thought that the mid center of the US would have had its own meteorite transport system, one paralleling that in Antarctica in some ways? Dave, thanks for sharing. E.P.

Re: [meteorite-list] Latest comet data from NASA

2011-05-23 Thread E.P. Grondine
at Sikhote Alin, but three comet fragmnt impacts: Tunguska, Rio Curaca, and Rupunini. These continued bogus impact hazardd estimates may make Ed Weiler happy, and I know he cuts your paychecks, but they are not doing anyone else much good otherwise. E.P. Grondine Man and Impact in the Americas

[meteorite-list] The Zamanshan Impact, Homo Heidelbergensis, and the YD Black Mat

2011-05-05 Thread E.P. Grondine
of the YD black mats may be found at the cosmictusk.com, along with a study of YD human population declines in North America at the YD. E.P. Grondine Man and Impact in the Americas __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list

[meteorite-list] KT extinction impacts

2011-04-26 Thread E.P. Grondine
?) By the way, there is a special on my book Man and Impact in the Americas over at the cosmictusk.com. E.P. Grondine Man and Impact in the Americas __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list

[meteorite-list] Meteorites found with Dinosaur bones

2011-04-26 Thread E.P. Grondine
the Uktena, and who had knocked their horns or teeth loose. If you find any meteorites with human bones out west, my emphatic advice is to leave them as they sit and report your find to the nearest tribal officers. Ms Mayor's book explains the reasons for doing this. good hunting, E.P

[meteorite-list] Chicxulub was the small one

2011-04-25 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi Stewart, Sterling - Chicxulub was the small impact. Another larger fragment of the comet hit at Shiva about 500,000 years later. That was the impact that finally killed off the dinosaurs. Sterling, could you do a rough estimate of the energy of the Shiva Impact? Megatons would be fine, or

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