[meteorite-list] Craterfield in the SE part of the Egyptian Desert

From: bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Oct 8 13:12:37 2004
Message-ID: <DIIE.0000001F000029ED_at_paulinet.de>

John D. wrote:

> 100 craters???...is that number correct? They must be relatively
> small to be distinguishable in an area the size of Egypt. Curious


Hello John and List,

The French version of the text is not quite clear on that because it
states:

> Ils... ont d?tect? plusieurs dizaines de structures g?ologiques circulaires

In English:

They have discovered *several tens* of these circular geological structures

and furthermore:

> Une mission sur le terrain ... a permis de v?rifier que la plupart de ces
> structures, dont 13 ont ?t? ?tudi?es en d?tails, sont des crat?res d'impacts
> de m?t?orites.

In English:

A scientific expedition in this area ...made it possible to verify that *most*
of these structures, *13 of which* have been studied in detail, are meteorite
impact craters.

> They must be relatively small to be distinguishable in an area the size of Egypt.

That's the easy part of you question because the text says:

> Leur diam?tre varie de 20 m ? 1 km

So some of these craters (craterlets?) are only 20 meters in diameter.

Best wishes,

Bernd
Received on Fri 08 Oct 2004 01:12:35 PM PDT