[meteorite-list] Younger Dryas (pseudo?)-tektites

From: MexicoDoug <mexicodoug_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:38:37 -0400
Message-ID: <8CE1932BAD27ABB-2210-365E_at_Webmail-d107.sysops.aol.com>

Hi List,
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I was just curious if anyone has seen and has more information on; or
better yet, can post a link to an image, of any of the enigmatic
microtektite or microtektite-like things?found in the Younger-Dryas
Boundary, and?referred to in West et. al., (where et. al. includes our
respected listmember Ted Bunch):
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 From their poster at the International Union for Quiarternary Research
conference in Bern, Switzerland in progress at the moment, and to be
presented tomorrow, Tuesday 26 Jul, from 14:30 to 15:50 in the Bern
Expo2 poster hall:
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"Shock-melt Evidence for a Cosmic Impact with Earth during the Younger
Dryas at 12.9 ka"
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"Some glassy objects from the YDB are aerodynamically formed into
teardrops, dumbbells, and other shapes. These morphologies are common
to microtektites and macrotektites from the Southeast Asian
strewnfield, but are not apparent in micrometeorite collections."
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Does anyone have a piece of this material - I'd love to see it?
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Kindest wishes
Doug
(This is a resend since a lightening strike resent my email to RTF and
this post in its original form didn't go through)
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