On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 12:33:57 -0500 docnpat [EMAIL PROTECTED] asked: >Nearby is very possibly a large impact >crater. I would like to know more about >impact craters -- structure, characteristics, >etc. Can any of you give me some advice >about material to study?
On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 11:41:37 -0700 (PDT) Mark Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] replied: +Books: Rocks From Space by O. Richard Norton + Cambridge Encyclopedia Of Meteorites + http://www.vftn.org/projects/moschkau/index.htm + http://www.unb.ca/passc/ImpactDatabase/ + http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/ + + A few things to get you started . . . good luck. +Impacts are a bear to prove. I would also recommend looking at: 1. Traces of Catastrophe: A Handbook of Shock- Metamorphic Effects in Terrestrial Meteorite Impact Structures by Bevan M. French (1998) at: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/books/CB-954/CB-954.intro.html 2. Koerbel, C., 1997, Impact cratering: the mineralogical and geochemical evidence. , in K. S. Johnson and J. A. Campbell, eds., Ames Structure in Northwest Oklahoma and Similar Features: origin and Petroleum Production (1995 Symposium): Oklahoma Geological Survey Circular, no. 100, p. 30-54. 3. Montanari, A., and Koeberl, C., 2000, Impact Stratigraphy: The Italian Record. Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences, Springer, 364 pp. 4. Grieve, R. A. F., 1991, Terrestrial impact: The record in the rocks: Meteoritics, v. 26, pp. 175-194. Yours Paul Baton Rouge, LA __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
