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Re: (meteorobs) Chesapeake Bay Bolide
In a message dated 98-07-09 23:18:53 EDT, you write:
<< While looking for other info at the U.S.G.S web site, I ran across a fact
sheet about a bolide impact in the Chesapeake Bay area some 35 million
years ago. The site is http://marine.usgsdot gov/fact-sheets/fs49-98. It can
be reached from the usgs home page. There is also a link to the original
paper on the subject, http://woodshole.er.usgsdot gov/epubs/bolide.
I have not viewed the Woods Hole site in its entirety, but the USGS fact
sheet offers a summary of the very long-lasting effects of an event which
took place 35 million years ago. For those who might be interested, it is
worth a visit.
Keep looking up (but wear a hard hat). >>
This was featured in a not so recent Earth magazine article. The theory is
that the Chesapeake was a giant lake and the impact opened the lake to the
sea. Their theory not mine :)
Kevin