[meteorite-list] Looking for canyon diablo strewn field map

From: Alexander Seidel <gsac_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 16:19:31 +0200
Message-ID: <20090510141931.19780_at_gmx.net>

Regarding Canyon Diablo aka Barringer crater, just take the A train...:
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/books/barringer_crater_guidebook/

Best,
Alex
Berlin/Germany


-------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Datum: 10 May 2009 11:24:53 UT
> Von: bernd.pauli at paulinet.de
> An: Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Betreff: [meteorite-list] Looking for canyon diablo strewn field map

> Hello again,
>
> "Does anyone out there know of a journal article where the 80 degree angle
> is
> discussed, with the rationale behind proposing this value for the
> trajectory angle?"
>
> D.J. Roddy and E.M. Shoemaker (1995) Meteor Crater: Summary
> of impact conditions (Meteoritics 30-5, 1995, A567, excerpts):
>
> "Since the late 1950s, studies of this crater have presented an
> increasingly
> clearer view of this impact and its effects and have provided an improved
> view of impact cratering in general. To expand on this dataset, we are
> preparing an upgraded summary on the Meteor Crater event ... including
> inormation and interpretations on (1)...(2)...(3) estimated speed,
> trajectory,
> angle of impact, ... the trajectory of the impacting body is interpreted
> by
> EMS (= E.M. Shoemaker) as traveling north-northwest at a relatively
> low impact angle..."
>
> I don't know whether E.M. Shoemaker still had time enough to publish
> this "upgraded summary" before his tragic accident in Australia.
>
>
> Best Sunday
> wishes to all,
>
> Bernd
>
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