[meteorite-list] NPA 09-1963 Three Meteorite Craters Found In Canada
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:18:02 2004 Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV118oKxP2QwJ00028eb9_at_hotmail.com> ------=_NextPart_001_000B_01C3C7AA.11DC64D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Title: Lancaster Eagle Gazette City: Lancaster, Ohio Date: Thursday, September 19, 1963 Page: 23 3 Large Lakes In Northern Canada Meteorite Craters TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - A glass consultant and a professor at the University = of Pittsburgh says an expedition he was on this summer has found evidence= that three large lakes in northern Canada are meteorite craters. Dr. Alvin J. Cohn, a consultant for the Owens-Illinois Glass Co., said th= at if the theory is true, one of the lakes Manicouagan Lake 600 miles nor= th of Montreal, would be the largest meteorite crater in North America an= d the second largest in the world. The lake is more than 45 miles in diameter. Also studied by the group were Lac Couture, 600 to the northwest of Manuc= ouaga and Clearwater Lake near the east coast of Judson Bay. Clearwater L= ake, according to Cohen, is contained in two joined craters. One is 18 mi= les in diameter and the other 13 miles across. Cohen said evidence of meteorites hitting the earth are being discovered = at an increasing regularity. Two of the most recent craters discovered ar= e in Adam County, Ohio, one near Serpent Mound. That crater is four miles= in diameter. They range in age from 20,000 to 250 million years. Cohen said a meteorite one mile in diameter striking the earth would make= a crater 45 miles across. The impact would knock down trees and houses o= ver hundreds of square miles. Cohen, in an interview with Toledo Blade Science Editor Ray Bruner, said = he and the other scientists with him believe the basnis for the lakes wer= e made by meteorites because of the shape. He said aerial photos showed p= art of the shoreline may have been formed by the impact of the meteorite. Cohen said if it is a crater it was formed by tremendous impact because t= he curvature of the shoreline suggest the existence of a crater more than= 250 miles across. (Note: I am now using NPA as the subject prefix for newspaper articles, r= ather then NP Article, as I have in the past.) Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor= and meteorite articles. ------=_NextPart_001_000B_01C3C7AA.11DC64D0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><B><FONT size=3D2> = <P>Title: Lancaster Eagle Gazette</P> <P>City: Lancaster, Ohio</P> <P>Dat= e: Thursday, September 19, 1963</P> <P>Page: 23</P></B> <P> </P> <P>= 3 Large Lakes In Northern Canada Meteorite Craters</P> <P>TOLEDO, Ohio (A= P) - A glass consultant and a professor at the University of Pittsburgh s= ays an expedition he was on this summer has found evidence that three lar= ge lakes in northern Canada are meteorite craters.</P> <P>Dr. Alvin J. Co= hn, a consultant for the Owens-Illinois Glass Co., said that if the theor= y is true, one of the lakes Manicouagan Lake 600 miles north of Montreal,= would be the largest meteorite crater in North America and the second la= rgest in the world.</P> <P>The lake is more than 45 miles in diameter.</P= > <P>Also studied by the group were Lac Couture, 600 to the northwest of = Manucouaga and Clearwater Lake near the east coast of Judson Bay. Clearwa= ter Lake, according to Cohen, is contained in two joined craters. One is = 18 miles in diameter and the other 13 miles across.</P> <P>Cohen said evi= dence of meteorites hitting the earth are being discovered at an increasi= ng regularity. Two of the most recent craters discovered are in Adam Coun= ty, Ohio, one near Serpent Mound. That crater is four miles in diameter. = They range in age from 20,000 to 250 million years.</P> <P>Cohen said a m= eteorite one mile in diameter striking the earth would make a crater 45 m= iles across. The impact would knock down trees and houses over hundreds o= f square miles.</P> <P>Cohen, in an interview with Toledo Blade Science E= ditor Ray Bruner, said he and the other scientists with him believe the b= asnis for the lakes were made by meteorites because of the shape. He said= aerial photos showed part of the shoreline may have been formed by the i= mpact of the meteorite.</P> <P>Cohen said if it is a crater it was formed= by tremendous impact because the curvature of the shoreline suggest the = existence of a crater more than 250 miles across.</P> <P></P> <P></FONT>&= nbsp;</P> <P>(Note: I am now using NPA as the subject prefix for newspape= r articles, rather then NP Article, as I have in the past.)</P> <DIV><BR>= <BR>Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of me= teor and meteorite articles.</DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_000B_01C3C7AA.11DC64D0-- Received on Sun 21 Dec 2003 11:06:15 AM PST |
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