[meteorite-list] Asteroid, Meteorite Impacts Can Preserve Biodata for Millions of Years

[Paul Heinrich]

Ron Baalke posted:

 > 
http://www.sci-news.com/geology/science-asteroid-meteorite-impacts-biodata-01867.html
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 >Asteroid, Meteorite Impacts Can Preserve Biodata
 >for Millions of Years Sci-News.com Apr 18, 2014

the paper is:

Howard, K. T., M. J. Bailey, D. Berhanu, P. A. Bland,
G. Cressey, L. E. Howard, C. Jeynes, R. Matthewman,
Z. Martins,    Mark A. Sephton,    Vlad Stolojan, and  S.
Verchovsky, 2013, Biomass preservation in impact
melt ejecta. Nature Geoscience vol. 6, pp. 1018–1022.
http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/v6/n12/full/ngeo1996.html
PDF file at 
http://www.researchgate.net/publication/260208850_Biomass_preservation_in_impact_melt_ejecta

A related paper is:

How Asteroid Strikes Preserved Signs of Ancient
Life, Adam Mann, Wired Magazine, 2015
https://web.archive.org/web/20150323170849/http://www.wired.com/2014/04/asteroid-impact-amber

The paper is;

Schultz, P. H., R. S. Harris , S. J. Clemett, K. L.
Thomas-Keprta, and M. Zárate, 2015, Preserved
flora and organics in impact melt breccias Geology,
published online on 15 April 2014 as doi:10.1130/G35343.1
http://geology.gsapubs

Yours,

Paul H.