Re: [meteorite-list] Mammoths Found Peppered with Meteorite Fragments

2007-12-14 Thread tracy latimer
a strewnfield? I know, I know too many questions with no theory. Tracy Latimer From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:30:26 -0600 CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Mammoths Found Peppered with Meteorite Fragments Hi

Re: [meteorite-list] Mammoths Found Peppered with Meteorite Fragments

2007-12-13 Thread tracy latimer
about the Peru crater as well, and was happy to have been proven wrong!) Tracy Latimer From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:27:33 -0400 Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Mammoths Found Peppered with Meteorite Fragments On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11

Re: [meteorite-list] Mammoths Found Peppered with Meteorite Fragments

2007-12-13 Thread Jason Utas
to have been proven wrong!) Tracy Latimer From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:27:33 -0400 Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Mammoths Found Peppered with Meteorite Fragments On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:23:33 -0800 (PST), you wrote

Re: [meteorite-list] Mammoths Found Peppered with Meteorite Fragments

2007-12-13 Thread Darren Garrison
On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:41:54 +, you wrote: Playing Devil's advocate for a moment, is there a chance the author is fudging the findings? Could the proposed results be replicated by, say, firing a shotgun shell full of coarse iron filings at a tusk, like using paper from the appropriate

Re: [meteorite-list] Mammoths Found Peppered with Meteorite Fragments

2007-12-13 Thread Jerry
: Meteorite Mailing List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 4:08 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Mammoths Found Peppered with Meteorite Fragments On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:41:54 +, you wrote: Playing Devil's advocate for a moment, is there a chance the author

Re: [meteorite-list] Mammoths Found Peppered with Meteorite Fragments

2007-12-13 Thread Sterling K. Webb
- - Original Message - From: tracy latimer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Meteorite Mailing List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 2:41 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Mammoths Found Peppered withMeteorite Fragments I

Re: [meteorite-list] Mammoths Found Peppered with Meteorite Fragments

2007-12-13 Thread Darren Garrison
On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:30:26 -0600, you wrote: Well, I knew we were going to get back to those mammoth teeth... How about the history of the whole crazy thing? Who is Richard B. Firestone? I thought this sounded like the same song, different day! Anyway, his fitting the fragged tusks data into

Re: [meteorite-list] Mammoths Found Peppered with Meteorite Fragments

2007-12-13 Thread Jason Utas
@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 2:41 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Mammoths Found Peppered withMeteorite Fragments I also agree. Any airburst or cratering event sufficiently energetic to create Meteor-Crater-esque iron spherules and fire them, still smoking

Re: [meteorite-list] Mammoths Found Peppered with Meteorite Fragments

2007-12-13 Thread Darren Garrison
On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:30:26 -0600, you wrote: And, Firestone has a popular-market book out now (of course): http://www.amazon.com/Cycle-Cosmic-Catastrophes-Stone-Age-Changed/dp/1591430615 Hm. Recommended by the people that bought his book: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743491904/

Re: [meteorite-list] Mammoths Found Peppered with Meteorite Fragments

2007-12-12 Thread Darren Garrison
On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:23:33 -0800 (PST), you wrote: Eight tusks dating to some 35,000 years ago all show signs of having being peppered with meteorite fragments. snip The mammoth and bison remains all display small (about 2-3mm in size) perforations. Raised, burnt surface rings trace the