A paper about the rayed Kamil Crater in Egypt has been published online in advanced of its publication in “Geology.” It is:
Folco, L., M. Di Martino, A. El Barkooky, M. D'Orazio, A. Lethy, S. Urbini, I. Nicolosi, M. Hafez, C. Cordier, M. van Ginneken, A. Zeoli, A. M. Radwan, S. El Khrepy, M. El Gabry, M. Gomaa, A. A. Barakat, R. Serra, and M. El Sharkawi, 2011, Kamil Crater (Egypt): Ground truth for small-scale meteorite impacts on Earth. Geology published online January 5, 2011, doi: 10.1130/G31624.1 http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/early/2011/01/05/G31624.1.abstract http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/early/recent The Kamil Crater provides a example of what a small, 45 meter in diameter, impact crater looks like before it is modified by erosion and information about the mechanics of meter-scale impacts. It also indicates that iron meteorites with masses of tens of tons may be able to penetrate the atmosphere. Yours, Paul H. ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
