[meteorite-list] Professor Rejects Meteor Theory of Carolina Bays' Origin

From: Thaddeus Besedin <endophasy_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Mar 28 19:48:38 2006
Message-ID: <20060329000030.38392.qmail_at_web32802.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Is it known if any metals associated with and transported by meteorites have been detected in any substantive concentrations in cores or other samples?
   
Ron Baalke <baalke_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov> wrote:
  
http://www.thetandd.com/articles/2006/03/28/news/doc4428a99f752a6396001544.txt

Mysterious wetlands

Citadel professor rejects meteor theory of Carolina bays' origin

By S.W. SHOPTAW
The Times and Democrat
March 28, 2006

Were they formed by the impact of a meteor striking the Earth or are
they merely sink holes? The answer to how Carolina bays were formed is
not something about which scientists agree.

Carolina bays are geological depressions of mysterious origin that occur
throughout the Coastal Plain of the Carolinas and Georgia. They take
their name from the evergreen bay trees that typically characterize them.

On March 19, Dr. Richard Porcher, a professor of biology and director of
the herbarium at The Citadel, gave a presentation on Carolina bays to
the Friends of Santee National Wildlife Refuge. [... .]




                
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