Dead Sea, Jordan, Community Wiped Out by Air Burst? 23NOV2018

 Dead Sea, Jordan, Community Wiped Out by Air Burst?

An exploding meteor may have wiped out ancient Dead Sea

communities. Archaeologists at a site in what's now Jordan

have found evidence of a cosmic calamity

by Bruce Bowe, Science News, November 20, 2018

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/exploding-meteor-may-have-wiped-out-ancient-dead-sea-communities?

Yours,

Paul H.

Is Ownership Governed by Surface Rights or Mineral Rights ? 21NOV2018

 Is Ownership Governed by Surface Rights or Mineral Rights ?

This is an interesting legal battle about whether

surface rights or mineral rights determines fossil

ownership.

Fight over dinosaur fossils comes down to what’s a mineral

 By Amy Beth Hanson, AP, Washington Post, November 16, 2018

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/fight-over-dinosaur-fossils-comes-down-to-whats-a-mineral/2018/11/16/6025a23a-e9e7-11e8-8449-1ff263609a31_story.html

The article states:

"Ownership of two fossilized dinosaur skeletons found on a

Montana ranch in 2006 are the subject of a legal battle over

whether they are part of a property’s surface rights or mineral

rights. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued  a split

decision saying fossils are minerals under mineral rights laws."

In case of meteorites, would a fall found on the surface be

governed by surface rights and a buried meteorite dug

from the ground be governed by mineral rights?  :-)  :-)

Yours,

Paul H.

Greenland Impact Crater - Open Access Paper 16NOV2018

 Greenland Impact Crater - Open Access Paper

The open access paper about the Greenland impact crater

Kurt H. Kjaer, Nicolaj K. Larsen, Tobias Binder, and many others
A large impact crater beneath Hiawatha Glacier in northwest
Greenland. Science Advances 14 Nov 2018:Vol. 4, no. 11, eaar8173
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aar8173
http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/11/eaar8173

Yours,

Paul H.

Giant Impact Crater Might Be Hidden Under Greenland Icesheet 15NOV2018

 Giant Impact Crater Might Be Hidden Under Greenland Icesheet

This is interesting. :-)

Scientists Spot What May Be a Giant Impact Crater

Hidden Under Greenland Ice By Meghan Bartels,

Space.com, November 14, 2018

https://www.space.com/42431-giant-impact-crater-hidden-under-greenland-ice.html

Yours,

Paul H.

Tennessee Extraterrestrial Impact Structures 02NOV2018

Tennessee Extraterrestrial Impact Structures

For people interesting in looking at hypothesized extraterrestrial
impact structures in Tennessee, I would recommend:

Ford, J.H., 2015. The Tennessee meteorite impact sites
and changing perspectives on impact cratering (Doctoral
dissertation, University of Southern Queensland).
https://eprints.usq.edu.au/27983/

https://eprints.usq.edu.au/27983/3/Ford_2015_whole.pdf


Yours,

Paul H.