[meteorite-list] Meteorite-list Digest, Vol 84, Issue 62

From: Chauncey Walden <clwaldeniii_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:51:41 -0600
Message-ID: <4C7BE19D.706_at_comcast.net>

  On 8/30/2010 10:00 AM, meteorite-list-request at meteoritecentral.com wrote:
> "Dr. Boslough has also shown that an LAA from a ~100 meter diameter NEO
> melted sand into glass across a region about 10 km in diameter during Libyan
> Desert Glass impact ~35 million years ago.
> During this event the LAA's fireball settled onto parts of Egypt and Libya
> for about a minute with temperatures approaching 5,000 K.
> Its hypersonic blast wave extended radially for about 100 kilometers."

So, does this mean we need a new term for LDG type material? It's not
technically a tektite since it formed in place or even an impactite
because there was no impact per se. Meltite? Fireballite?
Chauncey
COMETS
Received on Mon 30 Aug 2010 12:51:41 PM PDT