[meteorite-list] New Paper About Kamil Crater, Egypt
Paul H.
oxytropidoceras at cox.net
Sat Jan 15 09:26:13 EST 2011
A paper about the rayed Kamil Crater in Egypt has
been published online in advanced of its publication
in “Geology.” It is:
Folco, L., M. Di Martino, A. El Barkooky, M. D'Orazio, A.
Lethy, S. Urbini, I. Nicolosi, M. Hafez, C. Cordier, M. van
Ginneken, A. Zeoli, A. M. Radwan, S. El Khrepy, M. El
Gabry, M. Gomaa, A. A. Barakat, R. Serra, and M. El
Sharkawi, 2011, Kamil Crater (Egypt): Ground truth
for small-scale meteorite impacts on Earth. Geology
published online January 5, 2011, doi: 10.1130/G31624.1
http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/early/2011/01/05/G31624.1.abstract
http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/early/recent
The Kamil Crater provides a example of what a small,
45 meter in diameter, impact crater looks like before
it is modified by erosion and information about the
mechanics of meter-scale impacts. It also indicates
that iron meteorites with masses of tens of tons may
be able to penetrate the atmosphere.
Yours,
Paul H.
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