[meteorite-list] Meteoritics and Petroleum Engineering

[Richard Kowalski]

Yes,

It was a geophysicist named Glen Penfield who discovered the crater while working for PEMEX in 1978. A more detailed chronology can be found here:

http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/chicxulub-crater/discovery.html

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


--- On Mon, 9/28/09, McCartney Taylor <mccartney at blackbearddata.com> wrote:

> From: McCartney Taylor <mccartney at blackbearddata.com>
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteoritics and Petroleum Engineering
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Monday, September 28, 2009, 3:43 PM
> Yes, I'm a petroleum engineer. Oddly
> I ran across a crossover between my 
> two interests while doing research. I was not aware that
> the great 
> Cantarell oil field enjoys high porosity due to the Breccia
> created from 
> the mighty Chicxulub impactor.
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantarell_Field
> 
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