An article in journal of Geophysical Research disputes the origin of the what has been called the “Sirente crater”.
The paper discussing this theory is: Speranza, F., I. Nicolosi, N. Ricchetti, G. Etiope, P. Rochette, L. Sagnotti, R. De Ritis, and M. Chiappini (2009), The “Sirente crater field,” Italy, revisited. Journal of Geophysical Research. vol. 114, B03103, doi:10.1029/2008JB005759 http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2009/2008JB005759.shtml They concluded: “Our data show that the Sirente crater and the minor depressions are simply the results of human activity and karstic processes, respectively.” An article that discusses this paper is: Bondre, N., 2009, Geomorphology: Crater or not? Nature Geoscience. vol 2, no. 3, p. 166. TOC at http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/v2/n3/index.html PDF file at http://www.tulane.edu/~kmstraub/Publications/Abrams_09/News_and_Views_09.pdf Yours, Paul H. ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
