[meteorite-list] Samples From Chesapeake Bay Crater To Be Divided

[Ron Baalke]

http://www.thewbalchannel.com/technology/6050015/detail.html

Samples From Chesapeake Bay Crater To Be Divided
The WBAL Channel
January 13, 2006

The U.S. Geological Survey has set a date for a meeting where scientists
will divvy up the results of last fall's drill into the Chesapeake Bay
Impact Crater.

The so-called "sampling party" will take place the week of March 19.
Scientists began drilling back in mid-September and drilled for almost
three months -- down more than a mile.

Geologists said an asteroid most likely blasted into coastal Virginia
more than 35 million years ago, carving the crater.

The Chesapeake Bay Impact Crater is the largest of its kind in the U.S.
and the seventh-largest in the world.

More than 100 scientists from around the world have been invited to the
March event. It will take place at the USGS headquarters in Reston, Va.,
where the samples are housed.

Scientists will identify areas of the samples they want to study.