[meteorite-list] Largest Crater in the Sahara Desert and LDG

From: bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Mar 3 16:31:10 2006
Message-ID: <DIIE.0000002800004527_at_paulinet.de>

Hi Ron and List,

Like so many others, I was eagerly flying over the lines in search of
a hint to LDG (Libyan Desert Glass),and, there it is (of course ;-):

"since its shape points to an origin of extraterrestrial impact, it will likely prove to
 be the event responsible for the extensive field of 'Desert Glass'-yellow-green silica
 glass fragments found on the desert surface between the giant dunes of the Great Sand Sea
 in southwestern Egypt."

But:

"may have been formed by a meteorite impact tens of millions of years ago."

How many *tens* of millions of years ago ???

If current age estimates are correct, LDG has an age of ~28 Ma.

Any thoughts out there, ... Norm?

Cheers,

Bernd
Received on Fri 03 Mar 2006 04:31:01 PM PST