[meteorite-list] Haasttse-baad Tessera Ring Complex: A Valhalla-Type Impact Structure on Venus?

A Hidden Breed of Impact Craters Has Been Lurking on Venus Undetected Michelle Starr, Science Alert, November 5, 2024 https://www.sciencealert.com/a-hidden-breed-of-impact-craters-has-been-lurking-on-venus-undetected Study of Venus's Haasttse-baad Tessera suggests formation by two llarge impacts P

[meteorite-list] Ancient rocks may be dark matter detector

Ancient rocks may bring dark matter to light With new imaging capabilities, the first successful dark-matter detector might be some old rock. Virgina Tech, Kelly Izlar, October 30, 2024 https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/10/science-ancient-rocks-dark-matter.html Science has found its first candida

[meteorite-list] Mysterious unidentified fireball lights up sky from California to Texas - September 24, 2024

Very bright fireball seen from Oregon, Washington, Nevada, and California, over 200 reports filed Rishav Kothari, The Watchers, September 25, 2024 https://watchers.news/2024/09/25/very-bright-fireball-seen-from-oregon-washington-nevada-and-california-over-200-reports-filed/ Mysterious unidentifie

[meteorite-list] What happened when a meteorite the size of four Mount Everests hit Earth?

What happened when a meteorite the size of four Mount Everests hit Earth? Anne J, Manning, The Haravrd Gazette, October 21, 2024 https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/10/what-happened-when-a-meteorite-the-size-of-four-mount-everests-hit-earth/ The open access paper is: Drabon, N., Knoll, A

[meteorite-list] The cataclysmic origins of most of Earth’s meteorites

The cataclysmic origins of most of Earth’s meteorites have been found Seventy percent of meteorites can be linked to a just a handful of asteroid belt collisions, By Robin George Andrews,ScienceNews, October 16, 2024 https://www.sciencenews.org/article/origins-earths-meteorites-found New research

[meteorite-list] Kamil Crater, Egypt, "Strip-mined" and Destroyed by Meteorite Criminals

I was looking at Wikipedia at the write up about the Kamil Crater at 22° 1'5.89"N latitude and 26° 5'15.69"E longitude. A recent addition to the article by Ediazmartinez at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamil_Crater states: "According to evidence provided by Google Earth images, Kamil crater

Re: [meteorite-list] Fireball Movie Question

In [meteorite-list] Fireball Movie Question on Tue, 01 Oct. 2024, Rhett Bourland asked: >My question is, does anyone know what meteorite they found? I was not able to determine an answer to this question. A more detailed examination of the below papers might help. >If you don't know, can so

[meteorite-list] This Might Be the Weirdest Rock Ever Found on Mars

Perseverance rover spots unusual striped rock on Mars by Athanasios Klidaras, NASA, PhysOrg, September 23, 2024 https://phys.org/news/2024-09-perseverance-rover-unusual-striped-mars.html NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Captures a Peculiar Rock with a Striped Pattern, Jackson Chung, September 20, 2

[meteorite-list] "Suspicious" landform under investigation as possible impact crater

He saw a suspicious pit on Google Maps. Experts say it could be a crater from an ancient space rock 'Looking at the topography, it's very suggestive of impact,' says French scientist Rachel Watts, CBC News, Sep 05, 2024 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-meteorite-impact-crater-1.731341

[meteorite-list] Moroccan meteorite merchants suspected of smuggling money abroad

Moroccan meteorite merchants suspected of smuggling money abroad Hespress English, August 24, 2024 https://en.hespress.com/90121-moroccan-meteorite-merchants-suspected-of-smuggling-money-abroad.html https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/moroccan-meteorite-merchants-suspected-of-smuggling-money-abroa

[meteorite-list] Suzdalevo Lake (Central Siberia, Russia)—A Tunguska Event-Related Impact Crater?

Another proposed impact crater has bit the dust. Kavková, R., Vondrák, D., Chattová, B., Svecova, E., Takac, M., Golias, V., Štorc, R., Stanghellini, C. and Kletetschka, G., 2022. Suzdalevo Lake (Central Siberia, Russia)—A Tunguska Event-Related Impact Crater? Frontiers in Earth Science, 10, no.

[meteorite-list] Cubic zirconia found in impact glass from West Clearwater Lake impact structure, Quebec, Canada

Quebec lake meteorite impact yields rare rocks and evidence of extreme heat by Jeff Renaud, University of Western Ontario, June 6, 2024 https://phys.org/news/2024-06-quebec-lake-meteorite-impact-yields.html#google_vignette The open access paper is: Chinchalkar, N.S., Osinski, G.R., Erickson, T.M

[meteorite-list] Customs and Border Protection Crackdowns on some De Minimis Shipments into the US

Currently, US Customs and Border Protection is cracking down on de minimis Shipments from China into the US. It is now currently limited to air shipments from China. However, this crackdown could extend eventually to other countries and ultimately to some degree to marine shipments. Because de mi

[meteorite-list] ‘Space junk’ crashes into Florida home from International Space Station, NASA says

‘Space junk’ crashes into Florida home from International Space Station, NASA says ALcom, Apr. 16, 2024 https://www.al.com/news/2024/04/space-junk-crashes-into-florida-home-from-international-space-station-nasa-says.html Object that slammed into Florida home was indeed space junk from ISS, NASA c

[meteorite-list] Thousands of strange white rocks found on Mars

Too bad one of these rocks has not turned up as a Martian meteorite Thousands of strange white rocks found on Mars. Will they ever be brought to Earth? SpaceCom, Sharmila Kuthunur, April 3, 2024 "These are very unusual rocks and we're trying to Figure out what's been going on." https://www.space.

[meteorite-list] Chinese space junk falls to Earth over Southern California (photos, video)

Chinese space junk falls to Earth over Southern California, creating spectacular fireball (photos, video) Mike Wall, SpaceCom, April 7, 2024 https://www.space.com/chinese-space-junk-fall-fireball-shenzhou-15 Yours, Paul H. __ Meteorite-list mailing li

[meteorite-list] New Zealand's 10th meteorite discovered

New Zealand's 10th meteorite discovered by couple sitting in Queenstown spa by Juliet Speedy, NewsHub, March 22, 2024 https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2024/03/new-zealand-s-10th-meteorite-discovered-by-couple-sitting-in-queenstown-spa.html Newshub video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u

[meteorite-list] Claims of Extrasolar Spherules from Pacific Ocean Site CNEOS 2014-01-08 Disputed

Recently, a preprint has been posted to the arXiv site that disputes proposal that Be,La,U-rich spherules recovered form Pacific Ocean Site CNEOS 2014-01-0 are from an extrasolar origin. Instead, they argued to be microtektites of terrestrial lateritic sandstone. The preprint is: Desch, S.,

[meteorite-list] Interstellar Meteorite was Just a Truck

Interstellar Signal Linked to Aliens was Actually Just a Truck The findings from a Johns Hopkins University-led team raise doubts that materials pulled last year from the ocean are alien materials from a 2014 meteor fireball John Hopkins University, HUB, March 7, 2024 https://hub.jhu.edu/2024

[meteorite-list] Physicists suggest a possible way to confirm or deny the existence of the Chinguetti meteorite

Physicists suggest a possible way to confirm or deny the existence of the Chinguetti meteorite by Bob Yirka , Phys.org https://phys.org/news/2024-03-physicists-deny-chinguetti-meteorite.html  The paper is: Warren, R., Warren, S. and Protopapa, E., 2024. New evidence on the lost giant Chinguetti

[meteorite-list] Strange Metal From Beyond Our World, Found in Ancient Treasure Stash, The Treasure of Villena, Iberia

Strange Metal From Beyond Our World, Found in Ancient Treasure Stash The Treasure of Villena, Iberia Michelle Starr, ScienceAlert, February 2024 https://www.sciencealert.com/strange-metal-from-beyond-our-world-found-in-ancient-treasure-stash The paper is: Rovira-Llorens, S., 2023 ¿Hierro meteorí

[meteorite-list] Footprints of birds, pterosaurs, dinosaurs below the K/Pg boundary, Las Encinas, Formation. Coahuila, Mexico

There is an interesting paper about the tracks of footprints of birds, pterosaurs, dinosaurs found below the K/Pg boundary in the Las Encinas Formation, State of Coahuila, Mexico. Although it is in Spanish, a more or less usable translation can be obtained using document option of Goggle Transl

[meteorite-list] Strange yellow glass found in Libyan desert may have formed from lost meteor impact

Libyan desert’s yellow glass: how we discovered the origin of these rare and mysterious shards, Elizaveta Kovaleva Lecturer, University of the Western Cape The Conversation, November 20, 2023 https://theconversation.com/libyan-deserts-yellow-glass-how-we-discovered-the-origin-of-these-rare-and-mys

[meteorite-list] Holocene impact craters on Earth.

An interesting recently published open access summary of Holocene Impact Craters. Losiak, A., 2023. Holocene impact craters on Earth. Miscellanea Geographica. Vol. 27 • No. 4 https://intapi.sciendo.com/pdf/10.2478/mgrsd-2023-0016 https://sciendo.com/journal/MGRSD Yours, Paul H. _

Re: [meteorite-list] OT - Happy New Year with Cats

In my last post, there was one broken URL. The correct one is below. Cats have nearly 300 facial expressions, including a 'play face' they share with humans By Jennifer Nalewicki, Live Science, October 30, 2023 https://www.livescience.com/animals/cats/cats-have-nearly-300-facial-expressions-inclu

[meteorite-list] OT - Happy New Year with Cats

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Let start the new Year with some cat news. Cats' dazzling eye colors may come from 1 unusual ancestor News By Patrick Pester, Live Science, November, 2023 https://www.livescience.com/animals/cats/cats-dazzling-eye-colors-may-come-from-1-unusual-ancestor The op

[meteorite-list] Open access paper supporting Bolaven Plateau as location for source crater of Australasian strewn field

Kerry Sieh, Dayana Schonwalder Angel, Jason Herrin, and Jia Yong Quah, 2023. Proximal ejecta of the Bolaven extraterrestrial impact, southern Laos Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120 (50) e2310351120 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2310351120 https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.231

[meteorite-list] Harvard astronomer’s “alien spherules” are industrial pollutants

Harvard astronomer’s “alien spherules” are industrial pollutants BIg Think, November 14, 2023 https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/harvard-astronomer-alien-spherules/ The open access paper is: Gallardo, P.A., 2023. Anthropogenic Coal Ash as a Contaminant in a Micro-meteoritic Underwater Searc

[meteorite-list] The Moon Is 40 Million Years Older Than Thought, Lunar Rock Samples Suggest

The Moon Is 40 Million Years Older Than Thought, Lunar Rock Samples Suggest By Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, October 23, 2023 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-moon-is-40-million-years-older-than-thought-lunar-rock-samples-suggest-180983117/ Scientists believe moon is 40 millio

[meteorite-list] Correction: Its "South Korea" not "North Korea"

Hi, "Suspected extraterrestial impact crater reported from North Korea" should read "Suspected extraterrestial impact crater reported from South. Korea." Apologies for the brain fart. Paul H. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecent

[meteorite-list] Suspected extraterrestial impact crater reported from North Korea

A suspected extraterrestial impact crater, the Hapcheon impact crater, is reported from North Korea by the below open access papers. Lim, J., Hong, S.S., Han, M., Yi, S. and Kim, S.W., 2021. First finding of impact cratering in the Korean Peninsula. Gondwana Research, 91, pp.121-128. https://www.

[meteorite-list] NASA asteroid sample lands safely in Utah before being whisked away by helicopter

NASA asteroid sample lands safely in Utah before being whisked away by helicopter Nell Greenfieldboyce, All Things Considered, September 24, 2023 https://www.npr.org/2023/09/24/1201386042/watch-live-nasa-sends-an-asteroid-sample-back-to-earth Nasa hails 'awesome' rescue mission as asteroid sampl

[meteorite-list] The paper about the Hopewell airburst event has been retracted.

The paper about the Hopewell airburst event has been retracted. The open access note about it is: Tankersley, K.B., Meyers, S.D., Meyers, S.A. et al. Retraction Note: The Hopewell airburst event, 1699–1567 years ago (252–383 CE). Sci Rep 13, 14201 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-41237

[meteorite-list] This Ancient Meteorite from the Birth of Our Solar System

This Ancient Meteorite Is A Time Capsule From The Birth of Our Solar System by Michelle Starr, ScienceAlert, August 30, 2023 https://www.sciencealert.com/this-ancient-meteorite-is-a-time-capsule-from-the-birth-of-our-solar-system The open access paper is: Krestianinov, E., Amelin, Y., Yin, QZ. e

[meteorite-list] Pre–Younger Dryas megafaunal extirpation in southern California

How Early Humans May Have Transformed L.A.’s Landscape Forever Science Friday, NPR, August 25, 2023 https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/la-brea-saber-tooth-cat-fires/ The paper is: O’Keefe, F.R., Dunn, R.E., Weitzel, E.M., Waters, M.R., Martinez, L.N., Binder, W.J., Southon, J.R., Cohen,

Re: [meteorite-list] Mysterious patches of glassy rock across Atacama Desert

In Mysterious patches of glassy rock across Atacama Desert, https://www.mail-archive.com/meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com/msg131785.html Robert Verish asked: >This story caused a big splash on the Internet back in late-2021, >but I'm still looking for a published paper. >Has anyone heard anyth

[meteorite-list] Possible asteroid crater 520km in diameter buried deep in southeast Australia

Asteroid crater 520km in diameter buried deep in southeast Australia, scientists say Dy Andrew Glikson, Australian Geographic.com,UNSW Sydney • August 16, 2023 https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/science-environment/2023/08/asteroid-crater-520km-in-diameter-buried-deep-in-southeast-aus

[meteorite-list] New Paper Rebukes Claim That an Exploding Comet Destroyed Hopewell Culture

New Paper Rebukes Claim That an Exploding Comet Destroyed Hopewell Culture Jason Colavito Blog, August 9, 2023 https://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/new-paper-rebukes-claim-that-an-exploding-comet-destroyed-hopewell-culture Comet Catastrophe Debunked: Archaeologists Refute Claims That a Comet Destro

[meteorite-list] Earth's most ancient impact craters are disappearing

Earth's most ancient impact craters are disappearing by Rebecca Dzombak, PhysOrg, August 1, 2023 https://phys.org/news/2023-08-earth-ancient-impact-craters.html Earth Oldest Impact Craters Are Disappearing By Micheal Starr, ScienceAlert, August 2, 2023 https://www.sciencealert.com/earth-oldest-im

[meteorite-list] Belize tektites and the tektite strewn field of western Belize.

King, D.T., Jr., 2023. Belize tektites and the tektite strewn field of western Belize. Notas Geológicas, Revista Maya de Geociencias, Junio 2023. pp. 62-75. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/371206778_Revista_Maya_de_Geociencias_-_Junio_2023 An older open access paper is: Koeberl, C., Gla

[meteorite-list] Impact melt rocks from the Late Paleocene Hiawatha impact structure, northwest Greenland.

More on the Late Paleocene Hiawatha impact structure, northwest Greenland. It was once thought to be a possible Pleistocene impact. Hyde, W.R., Garde, A.A., Keulen, N., Malkki, S.N., Jaret, S.J., Waight, T., Beck, P., McDonald, I. and Larsen, N.K., 2023. Impact melt rocks from the Late Paleocene

Re: [meteorite-list] Leonard David FYI: damage hand magnets used by amateurs do to meteorites (PDF of Preprint)

David Leonard wrote: Testing the damage hand magnets used by amateurs do to meteorites https://phys.org/news/2023-04-magnets-amateurs-meteorites.html The paper is: Vervelidou, F., Weiss, B.P. and Lagroix, F., 2022. Hand magnets and the destruction of ancient meteorite magnetism. Jour

[meteorite-list] Meteorite From New Fall Found in Texas

Mysterious object that shook Texas last week identified as a likely meteorite by NASA. CBS News, February 21, 2023 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/meteor-mcallen-texas-identified-meteorite-nasa-fragment-found/ Yours, Paul H. __ Meteorite-list mailing

[meteorite-list] Challenges of identifying putative planetary-origin meteorites of non-igneous material.

Anfinogenova, Y. and Anfinogenov, J., 2019. Challenges of identifying putative planetary-origin meteorites of non-igneous material. Geoscience Frontiers, 10(5), pp.1879-1890. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323444073_Challenges_of_identifying_putative_planetary-origin_meteorites_composed_

[meteorite-list] Scientists find 17-pound meteorite in Antarctic

Scientists find 17-pound meteorite in Antarctic All Things Considered, January 23, 2023 https://www.npr.org/2023/01/23/1150844919/scientists-find-17-pound-meteorite-in-antarctica Yours, Paul H. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecen

[meteorite-list] A Rough Guide to Spotting Bad Science

A Rough Guide to Spotting Bad Science https://www.compoundchem.com/2014/04/02/a-rough-guide-to-spotting-bad-science/ Yours, Paul H. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite

[meteorite-list] Green comet streaks across the sky in 2023 for first time since Stone Age

Green comet streaks across the sky in 2023 for first time since Stone Age by: Eric Henrikson, WREG, Memphis, January 6, 2023 https://wreg.com/news/nation-and-world/green-comet-streaks-across-the-sky-in-2023-for-first-time-since-stone-age/ By the way and off-topic, below is a great lecture about

[meteorite-list] The Homemade Air Purifier for dusty workshops

It seems like this would also work for dusty workrooms. The Homemade Air Purifier That’s Been Saving Lives During the Covid-19 Pandemic Made from everyday items found in hardware stores, the Corsi-Rosenthal box is a testament to the power of grassroots innovation Douglas Hannah, The Conversati

[meteorite-list] An icy mystery deep in Arctic Canada

An icy mystery deep in Arctic Canada Phoebe Smith, BBC News, Geologic Marvels, April 4, 2022 https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220403-an-icy-mystery-deep-in-arctic-canada Yours, Paul H.__ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.c

[meteorite-list] South Bohemia faces growing wave of illegal moldavite miners

South Bohemia faces growing wave of illegal moldavite miners By Ruth Fraňková, Czech Radio, January 25, 2021 https://english.radio.cz/south-bohemia-faces-growing-wave-illegal-moldavite-miners-8706463 Yours, Paul H. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteo

[meteorite-list] Megatsunami swept over Mars after massive asteroid hit the Red Planet

NASA May Have Landed on a Martian Megatsunami Deposit Nearly 50 Years Ago Planetary Science Institute, Dec. 1, 2022 https://www.psi.edu/news/megatsunamimars Megatsunami swept over Mars after massive asteroid hit the Red Planet It left a crater 69 miles wide By Charles Q. Choi, December 1, 2022 ht

[meteorite-list] Warning to Sellers: New $600 threshold for third-party payment reporting.

People, who sell meteorites, need to remember there is a new $600 threshold for reporting on Form 1099-K for third-party payments. IRS warns taxpayers about new $600 threshold for third-party payment reporting Kate Dore, CFP®, CNBC https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/23/heres-why-you-may-get-form-1099

[meteorite-list] Moment meteor breaks up off Tasmanian coast captured on ship camera

Moment meteor breaks up off Tasmanian coast captured on ship camera The Guardian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIpbf88lEJc Paul H. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteori

[meteorite-list] Ejection site of the oldest martian meteorite found

There are 94 million craters on Mars. Scientists found the one this meteorite by Anthony Lagain, The Conversation, PhysOrg, July 13, 2022 called homehttps://phys.org/news/2022-07-million-craters-mars-scientists-meteorite.html Researchers Identify Water Rich Meteorite Linked To Mars Crust https

[meteorite-list] NASA’s InSight Lander Detects Stunning Meteoroid Impact on Mars

NASA’s InSight Lander Detects Stunning Meteoroid Impact on Mars NASA, JPL, press release, October 27, 2022 https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasa-s-insight-lander-detects-stunning-meteoroid-impact-on-mars NASA spacecraft records epic ‘marsquakes’ as it prepares to die InSight lander reports larges

[meteorite-list] The Science Behind Graham Hancock’s “Ancient Apocalypse

The Science Behind Graham Hancock’s “Ancient Apocalypse Dr. Mark Boslough, blog, October 23, 2022 https://www.boslough.us/blog/ancient-apocalypse-graham-hancock-ydih-dryas https://www.boslough.us/blog Mark Boslough's PubPeer PAge https://pubpeer.com/publications/9D7247C13B6A0ACA3E812D4DAECB0B Ma

[meteorite-list] Asteroid That Formed Earth’s Largest Crater Bigger Than Previously Believed

15 Miles in Diameter – Asteroid That Formed Earth’s Largest Crater Bigger Than Previously Believed University Of Rochester, October15, 2022 https://scitechdaily.com/15-miles-in-diameter-asteroid-that-formed-earths-largest-crater-bigger-than-previously-believed/ The open access paper is: Allen, N

[meteorite-list] What to Do During an Earthquake 😄

What to Do During an Earthquake  😄 https://www.reddit.com/r/geology/comments/y1jcoe/my_department_has_a_reminder_for_what_to_do/ Yours, Paul H. -- HISTORICAL AMERICAN METEORITE OF OVER 42 KG Bonhams Natural History auction on Sep 21 offers 50+ lots of stellar planetar

[meteorite-list] Evidence of dinosaur-killing asteroid impact found on the moon

Earth Asteroid Impacts Mirrored on Moon – Including the Dinosaur Killer Curtain University, SciTechDaily, September 29, 2022 https://scitechdaily.com/earth-asteroid-impacts-mirrored-on-moon-including-the-dinosaur-killer/ Evidence of dinosaur-killing asteroid impact found on the moon By Robert Lea

[meteorite-list] Meteor crater: The impact crater that keeps on giving

Meteor crater: The hole from space that keeps on giving By Leonard David, SpaceCom, August 25, 2022 https://www.space.com/meteor-crater-hole-from-space-lunar-surface Research payoffs from the out-of-this-world Meteor Crater are ongoing. Yours, Paul H. -- HISTORICAL

[meteorite-list] The disease that can be contracted by breathing California’s air

‘It took everything’: the disease that can be contracted by breathing California’s air Dani Anguiano, The Guardian, August, 2022 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/29/california-valley-fever-disease-climate-crisis https://www.watereducation.org/aquafornia-news/it-took-everything-disease-

[meteorite-list] August 2022 Utah Meteorite Fall

Piece of meteorite that created boom over Utah gifted to University of Utah, Fox 13 By: Spencer Joseph, August 23, 2022 https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/piece-of-meteorite-that-created-boom-over-utah-gifted-to-university-of-utah The source of a resounding boom over Salt Lake City? Probabl

[meteorite-list] Impact Earth: A review of the terrestrial impact record - 2022 Open Access review paper

Osinski, G.R., Grieve, R.A., Ferrière, L., Losiak, A., Pickersgill, A., Cavosie, A.J., Hibbard, S.M., Hill, P., Bermudez, J.J., Marion, C.L. and Newman, J.D., 2022. Impact Earth: A review of the terrestrial impact record. Earth-Science Reviews, no. 104112. Open access https://www.sciencedirect.com

[meteorite-list] Moon rocks found to contain possible Earth gas

Moon rocks found in Antarctica include tiny amounts of gas that may have come from Earth By Robert Lea, Space https://www.space.com/moon-meteorites-noble-gases-from-earth Yours, Paul H. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentra

[meteorite-list] Pingualuit Crater, Canada

An icy mystery deep in Arctic Canada BBC - Travel April 4, 2022 https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220403-an-icy-mystery-deep-in-arctic-canada Pingualuit Crater https://craterexplorer.ca/pingualuit-impact-crater/ Pingualuit Crater, Canada https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/8472/pingualui

[meteorite-list] Meteor impact damaged James Webb Space Telescope's mirror

Meteor impact left 'uncorrectable' damage to the Webb telescope's mirror, new report shows Fortunately, engineers planned for this. By Brandon Specktor, Live Science https://www.livescience.com/james-webb-space-telescope-micrometeoroid-picture Characterization of JWST science performance from com

[meteorite-list] Next Possible Use for Fake Meteorites

After someone tried the inside of hollowed out trees, I am surprised that this happened. Spanish police seize tonne of cocaine hidden in fake stones RTE, Spain, June 4, 2019 https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2019/0604/1053345-drugs-seized-spain/ Yours, Paul H. __

[meteorite-list] First released image from the Webb deep space scope

First Images from the James Webb Space Telescope https://www.nasa.gov/webbfirstimages NASA’s Webb Delivers Deepest Infrared Image of Universe Yet https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2022/nasa-s-webb-delivers-deepest-infrared-image-of-universe-yet A full set of Webb James Webb Space Telesc

[meteorite-list] View and search online for US geologic maps using USGS map viewer

You can now view and search online for geologic maps for the United States with the USGS National Geologic Map Database Viewer (Beta Version). https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/mapview/?center=-97,39.6&zoom=4 Different scale geologic maps show at

[meteorite-list] Behold the Weird Physics of Double-Impact Asteroids

Behold the Weird Physics of Double-Impact Asteroids Mars is littered with craters made by binary asteroids. These collisions are as intriguing as they are powerful. Jonathan O,Callaghan, Wired Magazine, June 27, 2022 https://www.wired.com/story/mars-binary-asteroid-craters/ An amusing tale. The

[meteorite-list] New double crater seen on the moon

Found: Booster impacr Crater on the Farside of the Moon. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission has found the impact site created March 4th. The crater might help reveal the impactor’s identity. Sky and Telescope, June 27, 2022 https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/impact-crater-farside-moo

[meteorite-list] Georgiaites, Tektites from Georgia

14J: Georgiaites, Tektites from Georgia. By Thomas Thurman https://www.georgiasfossils.com/14j-georgias-tektites-georgiaites.html Georgia fossils By Thomas Thurman https://www.georgiasfossils.com/2-trilobites-500-million-years-ago.html Related publications: Harris, R. S., 2009, Upper Eocene Imp

[meteorite-list] New papers about hypothetical, Pleistocene Saginaw Bay impact

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 locat

[meteorite-list] Impacts that produce K-feldspar-rich ejecta blankets correspond to mass extinctions

New open access paper about mass extinctions. Pankhurst, M.J., Stevenson, C.J. and Coldwell, B.C., 2021. Meteorites that produce K-feldspar-rich ejecta blankets correspond to mass extinctions. Journal of the Geological Society. 179, jgs2021-055, 1 December 2021, https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2021-05

[meteorite-list] Massive meteor crater discovered beneath Greenland's ice is much older than thought

Massive meteor crater discovered beneath Greenland's ice is much older than thought By Katie Hunt, CNN, March 9, 2022 https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/09/world/crater-greenland-age-scn/index.html Yours, Paul H. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-lis

[meteorite-list] Distinguishing volcanic from impact glasses

Ferrière, L., Crósta, A.P., Wegner, W., Libowitzky, E., Iwashita, F. and Koeberl, C., 2021. Distinguishing volcanic from impact glasses—The case of the Cali glass (Colombia). Geology, 49(12), pp.1421-1425. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/354386557_Distinguishing_volcanic_from_impact_glass

Re: [meteorite-list] Geologic Names and Usage: A Guide to (North American) Stratigraphic Nomenclature

John Lutzon wrote: > Thank you Paul - great leads. You are welcome. There is also: Geolex — Stratigraphic Resources https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/stratres North American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature, 2005. North American stratigraphic code. AAPG Bulletin, 89(11), pp.1547-1591.

[meteorite-list] Geologic Names and Usage: A Guide to (North American) Stratigraphic Nomenclature

Below is a recording of an interesting webinar about North American Stratigraphic Nomenclature. Geologic Names and Usage: A Guide to Stratigraphic Nomenclature American Geosciences Institute, webinar, March 4, 2022 https://www.americangeosciences.org/webinars/geologic-names-usage-stratigraphic-no

[meteorite-list] Satellite Spots Massive Asteroid Impact Crater in China

Satellite Spots Massive Asteroid Impact Crater in China Though missing some of its rim, the recently discovered impact site is clearly recognizable from above. By Isaac Schultz, Gizmodo, https://gizmodo.com/satellite-spots-massive-asteroid-impact-crater-in-china-1848602154 Young Impact Crater Unc

[meteorite-list] Australian impact cratering record: Updates and recent discoveries

Quintero, R.R., Cavosie, A.J., Cox, M.A., Miljković, K. and Dugdale, A., 2021. Australian impact cratering record: Updates and recent discoveries. Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution VI, Geological Society of America Special Paper 550, pp. 41-69 https://www.researchgate.net/publication

[meteorite-list] Citing the Referees at the Journal that Rejected You

Citing the Referees at the Journal that Rejected You By Justin Weinberg, Dailynous, May 7, 2020 https://dailynous.com/2020/05/07/citing-referees-journal-rejected/ You may not like it when your article is rejected from a journal, but at least sometimes you get something good out of it: criticism.

[meteorite-list] Prehistoric Tunguska sized airburst in Jordan Valley

Bunch, T.E., LeCompte, M.A., Adedeji, A.V. et al. A Tunguska sized airburst destroyed Tall el-Hammam a Middle Bronze Age city in the Jordan Valley near the Dead Sea. Sci Rep 11, 18632 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-97778-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-97778-3 Yours, Pau

[meteorite-list] OT: LIVE: Volcano erupts on La Palma in the Canary Islands

Not meteorites, but still cool geology, look at LIVE: Volcano erupts on La Palma in the Canary Islands: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmQVquojJfo I hope those are not urban lights in the foreground. I do not know what the background chatter is about. Stay Safe, Paul

[meteorite-list] Photogrammetric documentation of geologic features with a smartphone

Below is an open access paper about photogrammetric documentation of geologic features in the field with a smartphone. Corradetti, A., Seers, T.D., Billi, A. and Tavani, S., 2021. Virtual Outcrops in a Pocket: The Smartphone as a Fully Equipped Photogrammetric Data Acquisition Tool. GSA Today, 31

[meteorite-list] Why don’t we see more meteorites after big asteroid belt collisions?

Why don’t we see more meteorites after big asteroid belt collisions? Terrawatch Meteors, Kate Ravilious, The Guardian, August 3, 2021 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/aug/03/terrawatch-why-dont-we-seemore-meteorites-after-big-asteroid-belt-collisions The paper is: Terfelt, F. and Schmitz

[meteorite-list] 4.6 billion-year-old meteorite found in horseshoe footprint

4.6 billion-year-old meteorite found in horseshoe footprint By Stephanie Pappas, Live Science https://www.livescience.com/rare-carbonaceous-carbonate-meteorite-found.html The meteorite is a rare carbonaceous chondrite Yours, Paul H. __ Meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] A 4, 565-My-old andesite from an extinct chondritic protoplanet

4.6-billion-year-old meteorite belongs to Earth’s long-lost baby cousin By Mindy Weisberger, Live Science, March 8, 2021 A protoplanet in the early solar system spawned a unique type of meteorite https://www.livescience.com/meteorite-asteroid-early-solar-system.html Meteoritical Bulletin Datab

[meteorite-list] Chicxulub impact tsunami megaripples in the subsurface of Louisiana

Giant tsunami from dino-killing asteroid impact revealed in fossilized ‘megaripples’ By Akila Raghavan, AAAS Science, Jul. 12, 2021 https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/07/giant-tsunami-dino-killing-asteroid-impact-revealed-fossilized-megaripples The paper is: Kinsland, G.L., Egedahl, K., Strong

[meteorite-list] Meteorites and impacts: research, cataloguing and geoethics

Martínez-Frías, J., Meteorites and impacts: research, cataloguing and geoethics. Seminarios SEM 10:75–87. Deposito legal: CA-602-2004 / ISSN: 1698-5478 http://www.ehu.eus/sem/seminario_pdf/SeminSEMv10p75-87.pdf Pratesi, G. and Franza, A., 2021. Mineralogical, petrological and planetological her

[meteorite-list] Two new publications about the Hiawatha impact crater, Greenland.

Gustafsson, J., 2020. Impactites from the Hiawatha crater, North-West Greenland. unpublished MS thesis, Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University, Sweden. open access Abstract https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A1512393&dswid=2029 PDF file https://www.diva-port

[meteorite-list] The Shunga Event: Paleoproterozoic petroleum deposits, a possible mass extinction, and Vredefort impact

The Shunga Event; did a Precambrian mass extinction give rise to an ancient supergiant oil field? https://www.geological-digressions.com/the-shunga-event-did-a-precambrian-mass-extinction-give-rise-to-an-ancient-supergiant-oil-field/ Geological Digressions, Earth science resources, SCICOMM https

[meteorite-list] Extraterrestrial Plutonium Found On Ocean Floor

Freshly Made Plutonium From Outer Space Found On Ocean Floor By Nell Greengrocer, NPR, May 13, 2021 https://www.wrkf.org/2021-05-13/freshly-made-plutonium-from-outer-space-found-on-ocean-floor Scientists Find Plutonium Made in Outer Space on Ocean Floor Research suggests the rare, heavy element m

[meteorite-list] Recent active volcanism on Mars

Bad Astronomy | Volcanism on Mars may still be active today https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/more-evidence-that-mars-is-volcanically-active-right-now-today Horvath, D.G., Moitra, P., Hamilton, C.W., Craddock, R.A. and Andrews-Hanna, J.C., 2021. Evidence for geologically recent explosive volcanism in

[meteorite-list] An investigation of the Echo Cliff structure, Kansas

Lane, A.E., 2018. The Echo Cliff structure: identification and analysis of a possible Kansan impact structure. unpublished thesis, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas. https://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/38882 https://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/2097/38882/AdamLane2018.

[meteorite-list] Wild 22-Million-Year Journey of a Meteorite

Astronomers Trace Wild 22-Million-Year Journey of a Meteorite That Crashed to Earth https://www.sciencealert.com/astronomers-trace-22-million-year-journey-of-a-meteorite-that-crashed-to-earth Motopi Pan https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=74065 The open access paper is: Jenniskens,

[meteorite-list] Titanium bubbles created by supernova

Titanium bubbles discovered in supernova could help solve mystery of exploding stars By Ashley Strickland, CNN, April 27, 2021 https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/27/world/supernova-titanium-cassiopeia-a-scn/index.html Chandra Detects Stable Isotope of Titanium in Cassiopeia A, Sci News, Apr 28, 2021 htt

[meteorite-list] Sutter’s Mill meteorite once contained carbon dioxide-rich water

Sutter’s Mill meteorite once contained carbon dioxide-rich water Tsuchiyama, A., Miyake, A., Okuzumi, S., and others, 2021, Discovery of primitive CO2-bearing fluid in an aqueously altered carbonaceous chondrite. Science Advances  21 Vol. 7, no. 17, eabg9707, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abg9707 https://a

[meteorite-list] Subfossil conifers modified by proposed Hiawatha impact, northwest Greenland. Open Access

Garde, A.A., Søndergaard, A.S., Guvad, C., Dahl-Møller, J., Nehrke, G., Sanei, H., Weikusat, C., Funder, S., Kjær, K.H. and Larsen, N.K., 2020. Pleistocene organic matter modified by the Hiawatha impact, northwest Greenland. Geology, 48(9), pp.867-871. https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geo

[meteorite-list] A 4, 565-My-old andesite from an extinct chondritic protoplanet

4.6-billion-year-old meteorite belongs to Earth’s long-lost baby cousin By Mindy Weisberger, Live Science, March 8, 2021 A protoplanet in the early solar system spawned a unique type of meteorite https://www.livescience.com/meteorite-asteroid-early-solar-system.html Meteoritical Bulletin Datab

[meteorite-list] An asteroid exploded above Antarctica 430, 000 years ago

A meteorite exploded in the air above Antarctica 430,000 years ago By Katie Hunt, CNN, March 31, 2021 https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/31/world/meteorite-explosion-antarctica-scn/index.html Major Meteoritic Event Occurred over Antarctica 430,000 Years Ago Researchers have found meteoritic spherules on

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