[meteorite-list] Crater question????

[Paul H]

Tom AKA James Knudson wrote;

>Hello List, It seems that every meteorite made
>crater was first thought to be volcanic,
>including the craters on the moon. We all know
>what Barringer had to go through  to prove meteor
>crater was in fact a meteor made crater. If you
>compare the crater pictured in this link with the
>craters on page 152 in your rocks from space
>book, they look quite a bit a like. I am wondering
>if anyone ever searched for evidence of this crater
>being meteoric as apposed to volcanic? It would
>make a fine dinosaur killer!

>http://goafrica.about.com/library/gallery/afar/tanzania/blgallery-afar-tanzania1.htm

Geologists have studied the Ngorongoro Crater. It is a

caldera, a crater of volcanic origin. It is only 2.4 
million years old.

Some publications about it are:

Gromme, C. S., Reilly, T. A., Mussett, A. E., and Hay,

R. L., 1971, Palaeomagnetism and potassium-argon ages 
of volcanic rocks of Ngorongoro Caldera, Tanzania.
Geophysical Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society.

vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 101-115.

Searle, R. C., 1972, A Gravity Survey of Ngorongoro 
Caldera, Tanzania. Bulletin Volcanologique. vol. 35, 
no. 2, pp. 350-357.

Walter, R. C., Manega, P. C., Farmer, G. L., and Hart,

W. K., 1990, Geochemical and temporal constraints on
magma genesis of the Ngorongoro volcanic highland, 
Tanzania. Seventh international conference on 
Geochronology, cosmochronology and isotope geology; 
abstracts volume. Abstracts - Geological Society of 
Australia. voll. 27, pp. 108.

What I would like to know, is what ever came of the 
huge, crater-like feature found by seismic surveys 
buried beneath the continental shelf of Columbia. 
Before the Chixulub Crater was recognized, a number 
of people thought that it might be the site of a 
Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary impact.

Best Regards,

Paul
Baton Rouge, LA




		
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