[meteorite-list] New Meteorite Crater Found in California

From: Paul <bristolia_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 06:04:18 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <136199.64313.qm_at_web36215.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

1. Giant Meteorite Hit Ancient California, Crater Study Suggests
by John Roach, National Geographic News, March 27, 2007

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/03/070327-california-crater.html

"The proposed impact may have created the giant 3.4-mile-wide
(5.5-kilometer-wide) craterlike formation that the team found
buried 4,900 to 5,250 feet (1,490 to 1,600 meters) below sea
level west of Stockton, California."

they think it is between 37 to 49 million years old.

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2. Oil exploration in California Reveals Giant Impact Crater
CCN Magazine, CA - Mar 22, 2007

http://www.ccnmag.com/news.php?id=4947

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3. Crater' spied under California, BBC News, UK, March 16, 2007

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6458841.stm

Bets Regards,

Paul
Baton Rouge, LA


 
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Received on Fri 30 Mar 2007 09:04:18 AM PDT