Meteorite Hunter by Roy A. Gallant - Is it Worth Buying ????

Paul H bristolia at yahoo.com
Thu Aug 25 23:30:49 EDT 2005

I was browsing through the books that Edward
R. Hamilton Booksellers had for sale and came
across "Meteorite Hunter: the Search for
Siberian Meteorite Craters at:

http://www.edwardrhamilton.com/titles/5/0/9/509688x.html

Is this book worth buying for 5.95 dollars?

Best Regards,

Paul

Unexpectedly ‘Young’ Chondrules Found in Meteorite

Paul H bristolia at yahoo.com
Sun Aug 21 23:32:05 EDT 2005

Monkey Wrench in Solar System Evolution
RedNova.com, August 18, 2005
http://www.rednova.com/news/space/212521/a_monkey_wrench_in_solar_system_evolution/index.html
http://www.rednova.com/news/space/213706/discovery_of_young_material_in_meterorites_defies_linear_theory_of/

"Toronto -- A U of T scientist has found unexpectedly
‘young’ material in meteorites – a discovery that
breaks open current theory on the earliest events
of the solar system."

Chondrules younger than thought
Science Daily (press release) - August 19, 2005
http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/index.php?feed=Science&article=UPI-1-20050819-14253600-bc-canada-chondrules.xml

Discovery of ’young’ material in meterorites defies
linear ...
innovations report, Germany - August 19, 2005
http://www.innovations-report.de/html/berichte/geowissenschaften/bericht-48033.html

The paper dicussed in the above articles is:

Krot, A. N., Amelin, Y., Cassen, P., and Meibom, A.,
2005,
Young chondrules in CB chondrites from a giant impact
in the early Solar System. Science. vol. 436 No.
7053,
pp. 989-993.
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v436/n7053/abs/nature03830.html

Yours,

Paul