[meteorite-list] New Crater Found?

From: Sterling K. Webb <sterling_k_webb_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:07:47 -0500
Message-ID: <3df301c889fc$e7267400$1247e146_at_ATARIENGINE>

Hi, Greg, List, GooglEarthers,

    The coordinates are are:
119.6831112903886,-23.0371,0

    If you have Google Earth installed, this link:
http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/download.php?Number=1134293
will start Google Earth and take you there.

    Doesn't look like an impact feature
to me: no raised rim, no visible tilted strata,
the altitudes of various parts of the feature
given by Google (if accurate) don't make
sense -- it's not deep enough, unless it's been
largely filled in. It's been cut through on the
west by a flood gully (which does show
consistent altitudes) but there's no trace of
a rim on the western end on the other side
of the gully. It IS circular, but is that enough?

    "Maybe it is; maybe it isn't" is my first
impression.


Sterling K. Webb
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Redfern" <gredfern at earthlink.net>
To: "Eric Wichman" <eric at meteoritewatch.com>;
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 2:13 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] New Crater Found?


All,

Does anyone know what field work and follow on scientific analysis was done
to confirm the crater as being an impact crater? Without collection of
geological data and samples from the alleged impact site followed by
scientific analysis of same, it CANNOT be confirmed as an impact crater.
This is analogous as to the scientific classification process that alleged
meteorites must undergo in order to CONFRIM their origin.

All the best.

Greg Redfern

-----Original Message-----
>From: Eric Wichman <eric at meteoritewatch.com>
>Sent: Mar 19, 2008 2:31 PM
>To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>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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