Did Ancient Eruptions Form Life's Building Blocks? (and Carbonaceous Chondrites)
Did Ancient Eruptions Form Life's Building Blocks?
Science Friday, March 25, 2001, http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/20110325
http://www.npr.org/2011/03/25/134855880/Did-Ancient-Eruptions-Form-Lifes-Building-Blocks
Their discussion of the Miller-Urey Experiment also
involves meteorites.
Miller-Urey Experiment - http://www.ucsd.tv/miller-urey/
Origin of Life: An Old Experiment Yields New Clues
Time Magazine, March 22, 2011, http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2060658,00.html
Long-Neglected Experiment Gives New Clues to Origin
of Life by Sid Perkins, March 21, 2011, http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/03/long-neglected-experiment-gives-.html
Scientists finish a 53-year-old classic experiment
on the origins of life, Discover, http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/03/21/scientists-finish-a-53-year-old-classic-experiment-on-the-origins-of-life/
The paper is:
Parker, E. T., H. J. Cleaves, J. P. Dworkin, D. P. Glavin, M.
Callahan, A. Aubrey, A. Lazcano, and J. L. Bada, 2011,
Primordial synthesis of amines and amino acids in a
1958 Miller H2S-rich spark discharge experiment.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the
United States of America. Published online before
print March 21, 2011, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1019191108
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2011/03/14/1019191108
Yours,
Paul H.
New Central American Tektite Strewn Field ( Mayanites )
In "Mayanites- a New Tektite Strewnfield",
at http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/meteorite-list/2011-March/074793.html
and
http://www.mail-archive.com/meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com/msg95857.html
Scott Johnson wrote:
"Hi Brian That is quite interesting news about
a new tektite strewnfield up by Chaa creek
there on the western edge of Belize."
The web site, which he cited is "A New American
Strewn Filed discovered in western Belize by
Jean H. Cornec, Geologist, September 2010, at:
http://www.chaacreek.com/belize-travel-blog/2010/09/a-new-tektite-strewn-field-discovered-in-western-belize/
A recent online abstract about this strewn field is:
Povenmire, H., R. S. Harris, and J. H. Cornec, 2011,
The New Central American Tektite Strewn Field.
42nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference.
abstract no. 1224, 1 p.
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2011/pdf/1224.pdf
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2011/pdf/sess809.pdf
A previous abstract is:
Izett, G. A., and G. P. Meeker, 1995, (super 40) Ar/
(super 39) Ar age and composition of tektites from
Belize. Geological Society of America Abstracts
with Programs. vol. 27, no. 6, p. 207.
Yours,
Paul H.
Smithsonian Pays $10000 For Lorton, Virginia, Meteorite
Smithsonian Pays $10000 For Meteorite That
Crashed Into Doctors Rooms, NewsTime
http://www.newstime.co.za/ScienceandTech/Smithsonian_Pays_$10000_For_Meteorite_That_Crashed_Into_Doctors_Rooms/22790/
Whatever Happened To... the Lorton Meteorite?
Washington Post by Neely Tucker, March 18, 2011
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/whatever-happened-to-the-lorton-meteorite-/2011/03/04/AB14tMq_story.html
Virginia Meteorite On Display At The Smithsonian
RedOrbit, march 19, 2011,
http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/2015327/virginia_meteorite_on_display_at_the_smithsonian/
Smithsonian to keep meteorite that landed in
Va. doctors' office; makes $10000 payment
Washington Post, associated Press, March 19, 2011
http://www.washingtonpost.com/smithsonian_to_keep_meteorite_that_landed_in_va_doctors_office_makes_10000_payment/2011/03/19/ABCSpHx_story.html
Yours,
Paul H.
Radiation Dose Chart
For people, like me, who are confused about all of
the numbers about radiation does, a friend of mine
directed me to a "Radiation Dose Chart" that provides
a relative chart of radiation does from different sources.
The Radiation Dose Chart can be found at:
http://xkcd.com/radiation/
http://imgs.xkcd.com/blag/radiation.png
As the chart states, it is for education only.
The weirdest thing that found was environmental
tours of the Chernobyl Power Plant as seen at
http://www.tourkiev.com/chernobyltour/
Best wishes,
Paul H.
OT: Videos Tell The Earthquake, Tsunami Story
YouTube Videos Tell The Earthquake, Tsunami Story
National Public Radio, March 11, 2011,
http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2011/03/12/134464888/youtube-videos-tell-the-earthquake-tsunami-story
Earthquake in Japan, YouTube, Citizen's Channel
http://www.youtube.com/citizentube#g/c/0870831CE43351E1
More of the latest videos from Japan's devastating earthquake
Vancouver Sun, March 11, 2011
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/More+latest+videos+from+Japan+devastating+earthquake/4425033/story.html
Japan earthquake: CCTV video of tsunami wave hitting
Sendai airport, RussiaToday,
http://www.youtube.com/citizentube#p/c/1/-DSSssHxm4Y
These are a heartbreaking and tragic preview of what will
eventually happen to the northwest coast of the United
States and west coast of Canada. It happened in 1700 and
other times in prehistory to these areas and will occur again.
The January, 1700 Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake
and tsunami, The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
http://www.pnsn.org/HAZARDS/CASCADIA/cascadia_event.html
1700 Cascadia earthquake, Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1700_Cascadia_earthquake
Atwater, B. F., M.-R. Satoko, S. Kenji, T. Yoshinobu,
U. Kazue, and D. K. Yamaguchi, 2007, The Orphan
Tsunami of 1700—Japanese Clues to a Parent
Earthquake in North America. Professional Paper
no. 1707, United States Geological Survey, Reston,
Virginia.
PDF file (116 MB) downloadable from:
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/pp1707/pp1707.pdf
Yours,
Paul
"The past is never dead. It's not even past."
William Faulkner, Act 1, Scene III, Requiem for a Nun (1951)
Huge Impact Crater Found in Remote Congo
Huge Impact Crater Found in Remote Congo. Expedition
confirms a meteor hit central Africa millions of years ago.
National Geographic News, March 8, 2011,
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/03/110308-meteor-impact-crater-found-confirmed-congo-ferriere-science/
Another article is at http://tech.xinmin.cn/2011/03/10/9694299.html
Ferrière, L., and G. R. Osinski, 2011, The New Luizi Impact
Structure (Democratic Republic of Congo) and Implications
for Central Peak and Peak Ring Formation. 42nd Lunar and
Planetary Science Conference (2011), Abstract #1642
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2011/pdf/1642.pdf
(PDF file)
Ferrière, L., F. R. T. Lubala, G. R. Osinski, and P. K. Kaseti,
2011, The Luizi Structure (Democratic Republic of Congo)
— First Confirmed Meteorite Impact Crater in Central Africa.
42nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2011), Abstract #1637
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2011/pdf/1637.pdf
(PDF file)
best wishes,
Paul H.
Elongate Possible Simutaneous Multiple Impact Crater Found On Mars
