[meteorite-list] New Crater Found?

From: Jerry <grf2_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:25:55 -0400
Message-ID: <F611B1B09AAF4C11A66995F8ED9D5319_at_Notebook>

Hi Eric, his is the one Darren sent in tother day.
Jerry Flaherty
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Wichman" <eric at meteoritewatch.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 2:31 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] New Crater Found?


> 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
>
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Received on Wed 19 Mar 2008 03:25:55 PM PDT