Re: [meteorite-list] "Boiling" (?) water in Carancas crater

Hi Piper, I've been thinking about the "boiling water" and might have another explanation or two. First if this hit the ground faster than terminal velocity, I think that air could have been compressed under the specimen and is slowly bubbling out under as the water reacts to erode around the

[meteorite-list] "Boiling" (?) water in Carancas crater

Hello list, Thanks for the reactions both public and private to my posting to the list about sulfur dioxide at Carancas. This thread has also given me a new idea about the "boiling" water in the crater. Yes, it may have been the obvious: ground water raised to the boiling point by impact heat.