[meteorite-list] Whitecourt crater

E.P. Grondine epgrondine at yahoo.com
Sat Nov 8 20:43:39 EST 2008


Hi everyone - 

36m diameter by 6 meters deep? I wonder what this means in explosive force.
Anyone have the Sikote Ailin numbers at hand? 

Speaking of distribution, I suspect that the fragments must have dispersed over a wide area. Again, Sikote Ailin numbers for comparison would be handy.

One puzzling aspect is the impact glasses they mention. I don't remember ever seeing any glasses from SA, so I'm wondering if their airburst hypothesis is correct. Perhaps the glasses they found came from a different impact.

I didn't go that far north in my book, so I'm wondering who was around that area in 880-990 CE. 

E.P. Grondine
Man and Impact in the Americas


      



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