[meteorite-list] New Crater Found?

From: Eric Wichman <eric_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:31:51 -0700
Message-ID: <20080319183152.UGHP16481.fed1rmmtao106.cox.net_at_fed1rmimpo02.cox.net>

Hi All,

Ok, not "NEW" in geological terms, but new to us maybe... Just
received an email that and Australian geologist accidentally
discovered a meteorite crater in western Australia.

"Dr. Hickman, from the Geological Survey of Western Australia sent
the Google Earth picture to a colleague who was able to confirm that
it was an undiscovered meteorite crater. The crater is now named
Hickman crater. The crater is believed to be between 10,000 and
100,000 years old and is 885 feet across." SOURCE:
http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/03/18/google-earth-leads-geologist-to-meteor-crater

You can also read more here:
http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2008/03/australian_geologist_accidentally_d.html

I also found another link from that article. This is probably old
news but I thought I'd share:

A Huge 19 mile wide Crater in the Sahara:
http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2006/03/huge_crater_dis.html

And Here:
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060303_big_crater.html

Cool stuff!

Eric
MW
Received on Wed 19 Mar 2008 02:31:51 PM PDT