[meteorite-list] Looking for canyon diablo strewn field map (cont.)

From: bernd.pauli at paulinet.de <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: 10 May 2009 11:02:22 UT
Message-ID: <DIIE.000000A600003BBD_at_paulinet.de>

Hi Floyd, Piper and List,

The National Geographic Magazine, June 1928, pp. 720-730.
The Mysterious Tomb Of A Giant Meteorite
(by William D. Boutwell):

Mystery Still Surrounds The Crater (p. 726, excerpt):

"Then geologists began to examine the crater walls more in detail.
They observed that the tilted angle of the rock strata varied. On
the south side it was raised nearly 90 degrees; on the north side
no more than 5 degrees from the horizontal. They noticed that
the tilt was progressively greater on both sides from north to south;
also, that a whole 2,000-foot sector of the southern wall was lifted
vertically about 100 feet.
>From this and other evidence the conclusion was reached that the mass
of the meteorite struck from the north at an angle, crashed through the
limestone and sandstone, and imbedded itself in a harder red sandstone
at a point under the south wall of the crater."

Best wishes from
Germany,

Bernd
Received on Sun 10 May 2009 07:02:22 AM PDT