[meteorite-list] Re: Egypt's Craters Pose Geological Riddle

[Paul]

In “Egypt's Craters Pose Geological Riddle”, Ron 
Baalke wrote:

> http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2006/10/06/crater_pla.html?category=travel&guid=20061006103030 

> Egypt's Craters Pose Geological Riddle, Larry O'Hanlon 
> Discovery News October 6, 2006 

There are a number of links, which provided more detail 
about this ongoing controversy. They are:

1. Remarks to the origin of the craters around Gilf 
Kebir and Djebel Uweinat (Egypt)and the supposed 
impact craters of Libya by Norbert Brugge, Germany, 
2004, at 

http://hometown.aol.de/SLVehicles4/Clayton%20Craters/Clayton-Craters.htm

2. di Martino, and others, 2006, Non-Impact Origin of 
the Crater Field in the Gilf Kebir Region (SW Egypt). 
European Space Agency First International Conference on 
Impact Cratering in the Solar System ESTEC, Noordwijk, 
The Netherlands, 08 - 12 May, 2006. The abstract can 
be found at:

http://www.rssd.esa.int/SYS/docs/ll_transfers/296053_dimartino.pdf

and 3. The actual presentation of the above paper can 
be found at 

Non-impact origin of the crater field in the Gilf 
Kebir region (SW Egypt) by M. Di Martino, L. Orti, 
L. Matassoni, M. Morelli, R. Serra, and A. Buzzigoli. 

The 3.3 MB PDF can be found file at:

http://www.rssd.esa.int/SYS/docs/ll_transfers/296053_Di2DMartino_pres.pdf

and in “40th ESLAB First International Conference on Impact
Cratering in the Solar System Agenda, Monday 8 May 2006 at:

http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=39029

On page 25 of the above PDF file, Di Martino and coauthors 
dispute the impact origin of what has been called the “Kebira 
crater” in Libya - Egypt.

Yours, 

Paul H.


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