[meteorite-list] Asteroid Impact May have Triggered Evolution of Earth's Multicellular Life

[Paul H.]

Asteroid Impact May have Triggered Evolution of
Earth's Multicellular Life, The Daily Galaxy
http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2013/08/asteroid-impact-may-have-triggered-evolution-of-earths-multicellular-life-todays-most-popular.html

Asteroid may have triggered evolution by Andrew 
Letten, Cosmos Online
http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/explosion-life-followed-asteroid-strike/

Acraman Impact Structure, South Australia : Image 
of the Day, Earth Observatory, NASA.
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=42813

Acraman Impact Structure
http://passc.net/EarthImpactDatabase/acraman.html

The paper is:

Gostin, V. A., D. M. McKirdy, L. J. Webster and 
G. E. Williams, 2010, Ediacaran ice-rafting and 
coeval asteroid impact, South Australia: insights into 
the terminal Proterozoic environment. Australian 
Journal of Earth Sciences: An International
Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of 
Australia. vol. 57, no. 7, pp. 859-869.
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08120099.2010.509408

A related paper is:

Willaims, G. E., and V. A. Gostin, 2010, 
Geomorphology of the Acraman impact structure, 
Gawler Ranges, South Australia. Cadernos Lab. 
Xeolóxico de Laxe Coruña. vol. 35, pp. 209 – 220.
http://www.udc.es/iux/almacen/articulos/cd35_art11.pdf

Yours,

Paul H.