[meteorite-list] Huge Impact Crater Found in Remote Congo
Paul H.
oxytropidoceras at cox.net
Sun Mar 13 13:08:45 EDT 2011
Huge Impact Crater Found in Remote Congo. Expedition
confirms a meteor hit central Africa millions of years ago.
National Geographic News, March 8, 2011,
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/03/110308-meteor-impact-crater-found-confirmed-congo-ferriere-science/
Another article is at http://tech.xinmin.cn/2011/03/10/9694299.html
Ferrière, L., and G. R. Osinski, 2011, The New Luizi Impact
Structure (Democratic Republic of Congo) and Implications
for Central Peak and Peak Ring Formation. 42nd Lunar and
Planetary Science Conference (2011), Abstract #1642
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2011/pdf/1642.pdf (PDF file)
Ferrière, L., F. R. T. Lubala, G. R. Osinski, and P. K. Kaseti,
2011, The Luizi Structure (Democratic Republic of Congo)
— First Confirmed Meteorite Impact Crater in Central Africa.
42nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2011), Abstract #1637
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2011/pdf/1637.pdf (PDF file)
best wishes,
Paul H.
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