[meteorite-list] World's Biggest Impact Crater Discovered

[Richard Kowalski]

I've got a couple of problems with this article.
They are "hoping" to find shocked quartz and Iridium anomalies after drilling? A 500 kilometer wide crater should have surely left traces or these over large areas of India, not just inside the crater. I don't see any mention of this supporting evidence.

"... but where it does come ashore it is marked by tall cliffs, active faults and hot springs."

Really? 65 million years of continental drift and erosion hasn't blunted these features?

It'll be interesting to see what further study by geologists reveal and if this discovery is correct.
I'm sure they'll be plenty of discussion here and on MPML about this.


--
Richard Kowalski
http://fullmoonphotography.net
IMCA #1081


--- On Fri, 10/16/09, Meteorites USA <eric at meteoritesusa.com> wrote:

> From: Meteorites USA <eric at meteoritesusa.com>
> Subject: [meteorite-list] World's Biggest Impact Crater Discovered
> To: "meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Date: Friday, October 16, 2009, 11:17 AM
> Hi Everyone,
> 
> Apparently this got missed yesterday, or maybe I missed it
> if it was already posted to the list.
> 
> Seems like major meteorite/asteroid news to me.
> 
> Giant Impact Near India -- Not Mexico -- May Have Doomed
> Dinosaurs
> http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091015102246.htm
> 
> 'World's biggest crater' discovered
> http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/44323/181/
> 
> Enjoy...
> 
> Regards,
> Eric Wichman
> Meteorites USA
> 
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