[meteorite-list] New Paper About Kamil Crater, Egypt

From: Paul H. <oxytropidoceras_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2011 8:26:13 -0600
Message-ID: <20110115092613.7G14D.679791.imail_at_eastrmwml44>

A paper about the rayed Kamil Crater in Egypt has
been published online in advanced of its publication
in ?Geology.? It is:

Folco, L., M. Di Martino, A. El Barkooky, M. D'Orazio, A.
Lethy, S. Urbini, I. Nicolosi, M. Hafez, C. Cordier, M. van
Ginneken, A. Zeoli, A. M. Radwan, S. El Khrepy, M. El
Gabry, M. Gomaa, A. A. Barakat, R. Serra, and M. El
Sharkawi, 2011, Kamil Crater (Egypt): Ground truth
for small-scale meteorite impacts on Earth. Geology
published online January 5, 2011, doi: 10.1130/G31624.1

http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/early/2011/01/05/G31624.1.abstract
http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/early/recent

The Kamil Crater provides a example of what a small,
45 meter in diameter, impact crater looks like before
it is modified by erosion and information about the
mechanics of meter-scale impacts. It also indicates
that iron meteorites with masses of tens of tons may
be able to penetrate the atmosphere.

Yours,

Paul H.
Received on Sat 15 Jan 2011 09:26:13 AM PST