[meteorite-list] Asteroid strike into ocean could deplete ozone layer

[Paul H.]

Asteroid strike into ocean could deplete ozone layer
by Lin Edwards, physOrg.
http://www.physorg.com/news/2010-10-asteroid-ocean-deplete-ozone-layer.html

Asteroid ocean strike 'could strip away ozone layer'
The Independent, Oct. 26, 2010.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/asteroid-ocean-strike-could-strip-away-ozone-layer-2117062.html

The paper is:

Pierazzo, E. R. R. Garcia, D. E. Kinnison, D. R. Marsh, 
J. Lee-Taylor, and P. J. Crutzen, 2010, Ozone 
perturbation from medium-size asteroid impacts 
in the ocean. Earth and Planetary Science Letters.
vol. 299, no. 3-4, pp. 263-272.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2010.08.036

Online PDF files are:

Ozone perturbation from medium-size asteroid 
impacts in the ocean by E. Pierazzo, R. Garcia, D.
Kinnison, D. Marsh, and P. J. Crutzen. (Lecture)
http://www.cesm.ucar.edu/events/ws.2010/Presentations/WACCM/pierazzo.pdf

(41st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference paper)
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2010/pdf/2445.pdf

Birks, J. W., P. J. Crutzen and R. G. Roble, 2005, 
Frequent ozone depletion resulting from impacts of
asteroids and comets. In Comet/Asteroid Impacts 
and Human Society, Peter Bobrowsky and Hans 
Rickman, Eds., Springer Verlag (2005), in press.
http://www.twobtech.com/asteroid.pdf

Yours,

Paul H.