[meteorite-list] 11-Million-Year-Old Impact Crater Found in Uzbekistan

From: E.P. Grondine <epgrondine_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Jul 11 14:51:29 2006
Message-ID: <20060711185127.34407.qmail_at_web36914.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Hi Ron, list -

Perhaps this was a comet fragment. The date lines up
well with Clube and Napier's observed 26 million year
chaotic period for injection.

I suppose we'll have to await formal publication to
see exactly what hit -

all the best -
ED


--- Ron Baalke <baalke_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov> wrote:

>
> http://news.uzreport.com/uzb.cgi?lan=e&id=14645
>
> Crater left by huge meteorite 11 million years ago
> found in Uzbekistan
> Uz Report
> July 11, 2006
>
> Uzbek geologists found a large object clearly
> illustrating the
> collision of a large meteorite with the Earth,
> press-uz.info reported.
> The meteorite crater is located in an unpopulated
> deserted plateau
> Ust-Yurt, located in the north-western part of the
> country.
>
> State Committee for Geology and Mineral Resources of
> Uzbekistan said
> the collision was so powerful it created an
> elliptical cavity. The
> depth of the crater totals some 40 meters. The hole
> is 7 km wide and
> 10 km long. Moreover, as a result of the collision a
> swell 60 meters
> high and 1 km long formed in the south-eastern end
> of the plateau.
>
> According to preliminary information, the fall of
> such a large
> meteorite happened approximately 11 million years
> ago.
>
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