Australian impact cratering record: Updates and recent discoveries 21DEC2021

Australian impact cratering record: Updates and recent discoveries

Quintero, R.R., Cavosie, A.J., Cox, M.A., Miljković, K. and Dugdale, A., 2021. 

Australian impact cratering record: Updates and recent discoveries. 

Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution VI, Geological Society of America
Special Paper 550, pp. 41-69
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/352849799_Australian_impact_cratering_record_Updates_and_recent_discoveries

Another paper:

Cavosie, A.J., Quintero, R.R., Radovan, H.A. and Moser, D.E., 2010. 

A record of ancient cataclysm in modern sand: Shock microstructures in detrital minerals from the Vaal
River, Vredefort Dome, South Africa. Bulletin, 122(11-12), pp.1968-1980.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/249526675_A_record_of_ancient_cataclysm_in_modern_sand_Shock_microstructures_in_detrital_minerals_from_the_Vaal_River_Vredefort_Dome_South_Africa

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Raiza-Quintero

Yours,

Paul H.

Citing the Referees at the Journal that Rejected You 28NOV2021

Citing the Referees at the Journal that Rejected You

Citing the Referees at the Journal that Rejected You
By Justin Weinberg, Dailynous, May 7, 2020
https://dailynous.com/2020/05/07/citing-referees-journal-rejected/

You may not like it when your article is rejected from a journal, but at least sometimes you get something
good out of it: criticism.

Yours,

Paul H.

Prehistoric Tunguska-sized Airburst in Jordan Valley 22SEP2021

Prehistoric Tunguska-sized Airburst in Jordan Valley

Bunch, T.E., LeCompte, M.A., Adedeji, A.V. et al. 

A Tunguska sized airburst destroyed Tall el-Hammam a Middle Bronze Age city in the Jordan Valley near the Dead Sea. Sci Rep 11, 18632 (2021).
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-97778-3

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-97778-3

Yours,

Paul H.

OT: LIVE: Volcano erupts on La Palma in the Canary Islands 20SEP2021

OT: LIVE: Volcano erupts on La Palma in the Canary Islands

Not meteorites, but still cool geology, look at LIVE: Volcano erupts on La Palma in the Canary Islands:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmQVquojJfo

I hope those are not urban lights in the foreground.
I do not know what the background chatter is about.

Stay Safe,

Paul

Photogrammetric documentation of geologic features with a smartphone 05SEP2021

Photogrammetric documentation of geologic features with a smartphone

Below is an open access paper about photogrammetric documentation of geologic features in the field with a smartphone.

Corradetti, A., Seers, T.D., Billi, A. and Tavani, S., 2021.
Virtual Outcrops in a Pocket: The Smartphone as a Fully Equipped Photogrammetric Data Acquisition Tool. GSA Today, 31(9)
https://www.geosociety.org/GSA/Publications/GSA_Today/features/GSA/GSAToday/science/G506A/article.aspx

Related paper is:

Tavani, S., Corradetti, A., Granado, P., Snidero, M., Seers, T.D., and Mazzoli, S., 2019, 

Smartphone: An alternative to ground control points for orienting virtual outcrop models and assessing their quality: Geosphere, v. 15, p. 2043–2052,
https://doi.org/10.1130/GES02167.1

https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geosphere/article/15/6/2043/574968/Smartphone-An-alternative-to-ground-control-points

Yours,

Paul H.

Why don’t we see more meteorites after big asteroid belt collisions? 16AUG2021

Why don’t we see more meteorites after big asteroid belt collisions?

Why don’t we see more meteorites after big asteroid belt collisions?
Terrawatch Meteors, Kate Ravilious, The Guardian, August 3, 2021
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/aug/03/terrawatch-why-dont-we-seemore-meteorites-after-big-asteroid-belt-collisions

The paper is:

Terfelt, F. and Schmitz, B., 2021. Asteroid break-ups and meteorite delivery to Earth the past 500 million years. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(24) no. e2020977118.
https://www.pnas.org/content/118/24/e2020977118.short

Yours,

Paul H.

4.6 billion-year-old meteorite found in horseshoe footprint 16AUG2021

4.6 billion-year-old meteorite found in horseshoe footprint

4.6 billion-year-old meteorite found in horseshoe footprint
By Stephanie Pappas, Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/rare-carbonaceous-carbonate-meteorite-found.html

The meteorite is a rare carbonaceous chondrite

Yours,

Paul H.

A 4,565-My-old andesite from an extinct chondritic protoplanet 10AUG2021

A 4,565-My-old andesite from an extinct chondritic protoplanet

4.6-billion-year-old meteorite belongs to Earth’s long-lost baby cousin
By Mindy Weisberger, Live Science, March 8, 2021
A protoplanet in the early solar system spawned a unique type of meteorite
https://www.livescience.com/meteorite-asteroid-early-solar-system.html

Meteoritical Bulletin Database
Last update: 28 Mar 2021
Meteorite Bulletin 109
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=72475

Barrat, J.A., Chaussidon, M., Yamaguchi, A., Beck, P., Villeneuve, J., Byrne, D.J., Broadley, M.W. and Marty, B., 2021. 

A 4,565-My-old andesite from an extinct chondritic protoplanet. 

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(11).

https://www.pnas.org/content/118/11/e2026129118.short

Yours,

Paul H.

Chicxulub impact tsunami megaripples in the subsurface of Louisiana 14JUL2021

Chicxulub impact tsunami megaripples in the subsurface of Louisiana

Giant tsunami from dino-killing asteroid impact revealed in fossilized ‘megaripples’
By Akila Raghavan, AAAS Science, Jul. 12, 2021
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/07/giant-tsunami-dino-killing-asteroid-impact-revealed-fossilized-megaripples

The paper is:

Kinsland, G.L., Egedahl, K., Strong, M.A. and Ivy, R.,2021. 

Chicxulub impact tsunami megaripples in the subsurface of Louisiana: Imaged in petroleum industry
seismic data. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 570, no.117063.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0012821X21003186

Yours,

Paul H.

Meteorites and impacts: research, cataloguing and geoethics 28JUN2021

Meteorites and impacts: research, cataloguing and geoethics

Martínez-Frías, J., Meteorites and impacts: research, cataloguing and geoethics.
Seminarios SEM 10:75–87. Deposito legal: CA-602-2004 / ISSN: 1698-5478
http://www.ehu.eus/sem/seminario_pdf/SeminSEMv10p75-87.pdf

Pratesi, G. and Franza, A., 2021. Mineralogical, petrological and planetological
heritage. The (Italian) story so far. Rendiconti Lincei. Scienze Fisiche e Naturali,
32(1), pp.95-116. Open access
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12210-020-00970-2

Yours,

Paul H.

Two new publications about the Hiawatha impact crater, Greenland 07JUN2021

Two new publications about the Hiawatha impact crater, Greenland

Gustafsson, J., 2020. Impactites from the Hiawatha crater, North-West Greenland. unpublished MS thesis, Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University, Sweden. open access
Abstract
https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A1512393&dswid=2029

PDF file
https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1512393/FULLTEXT01.pdf


Silber, E.A., Johnson, B.C., Bjonnes, E., MacGregor, J.A., Larsen, N.K. and Wiggins, S.E., 2021. 

Effect of ice sheet thickness on formation of the Hiawatha impact crater.
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 566, p.116972.
Abstract
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X21002314

Preprints
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/350964340_Effect_of_ice_sheet_thickness_on_formation_of_the_Hiawatha_impact_crater

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2104.07909.pdf%E2%80%8B

Yours

Paul H.

The Shunga Event: Paleoproterozoic petroleum deposits, a possible mass extinction, and Vredefort impact 30MAY2021

The Shunga Event: Paleoproterozoic petroleum deposits, a possible mass extinction, and Vredefort impact

The Shunga Event; did a Precambrian mass extinction give rise to an ancient supergiant oil field?
https://www.geological-digressions.com/the-shunga-event-did-a-precambrian-mass-extinction-give-rise-to-an-ancient-supergiant-oil-field/

Geological Digressions, Earth science resources, SCICOMM
https://www.geological-digressions.com

Ancient Earth, Precambrian geology, origin of life, atmosphere, oceans
https://www.geological-digressions.com/ancient-earth/

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Paul H.

Extraterrestrial Plutonium Found On Ocean Floor 23MAY2021

Extraterrestrial Plutonium Found On Ocean Floor

Freshly Made Plutonium From Outer Space Found On Ocean Floor
By Nell Greengrocer, NPR, May 13, 2021
https://www.wrkf.org/2021-05-13/freshly-made-plutonium-from-outer-space-found-on-ocean-floor

Scientists Find Plutonium Made in Outer Space on Ocean Floor Research suggests the rare, heavy element may have been created by the collision of two neutron stars, Smithsonian Magazine
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-find-plutonium-made-outer-space-deep-sea-crust-180977739/

The paper is:

Wallner, A., Froehlich, M.B., Hotchkis, M.A.C., Kinoshita, N., Paul, M., Martschini, M., Pavetich, S., Tims, S.G., Kivel, N., Schumann, D. and Honda, M., 2021. 

60Fe and 244Pu deposited on Earth constrain the r-process yields of recent nearby supernovae. 

Science, 372(6543), pp.742-745.
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/372/6543/742.abstract

Yours,

Paul H.

Dating Wolfe Creek Crater, Australia 21MAY2021

Dating Wolfe Creek Crater, Australia

Dating Craters: Wolfe Creek is younger Meteor Crater older, than previously thought
https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/dating-craters-wolfe-creek-is-younger-meteor-crater-older-than-previously-thought

Barrows, T.T., Magee, J., Miller, G. and Fifield, L.K., 2019.
The age of Wolfe Creek meteorite crater (Kandimalal),Western Australia. 

Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 54(11), pp.2686-2697.

Yours,

Paul H.

Recent active volcanism on Mars 15MAY2021

Recent active volcanism on Mars

Bad Astronomy | Volcanism on Mars may still be active today
https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/more-evidence-that-mars-is-volcanically-active-right-now-today



Horvath, D.G., Moitra, P., Hamilton, C.W., Craddock, R.A. and Andrews-Hanna, J.C., 2021. 

Evidence for geologically recent explosive volcanism in Elysium Planitia, Mars. Icarus, p.114499.
PDF file: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2011.05956.pdf

Link:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/345756656_Evidence_for_geologically_recent_explosive_volcanism_in_Elysium_Planitia_Mars

More papers:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Pranabendu-Moitra

Yours,

Paul H.

An investigation of the Echo Cliff structure, Kansas 3MAY2021

An investigation of the Echo Cliff structure, Kansas

Lane, A.E., 2018. The Echo Cliff structure: identification and analysis of a possible Kansan impact structure. unpublished thesis, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.
https://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/38882
https://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/2097/38882/AdamLane2018.pdf

The abstract states:

"...variations in the topography of the Precambrian basement and
faulting from the Bolivar-Mansfield Tectonic Zone are responsible
for the geophysical anomalies..."

and

"Therefore, there is currently no evidence in support of the
claim that the Echo Cliff structure is an impact structure."

Yours,

Paul H.

Wild 22-Million-Year Journey of a Meteorite 29APR2021

Wild 22-Million-Year Journey of a Meteorite

Astronomers Trace Wild 22-Million-Year Journey of a Meteorite That Crashed to Earth
https://www.sciencealert.com/astronomers-trace-22-million-year-journey-of-a-meteorite-that-crashed-to-earth

Motopi Pan
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=74065

The open access paper is:

Jenniskens, P., Gabadirwe, M., Yin, Q.Z., Proyer, A., Joses, O., Kohout, T., Franchi, F., Gibson, R.L.,
Kowalski, R., Christensen, E.J. and Gibbs, A.R.,
The impact and recovery of asteroid 2018 LA.
Meteoritics & Planetary Science.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/maps.13653

Yours,

Paul H.

Titanium bubbles created by supernova 29APR2021

Titanium bubbles created by supernova

Titanium bubbles discovered in supernova could help solve mystery of exploding stars
By Ashley Strickland, CNN, April 27, 2021
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/27/world/supernova-titanium-cassiopeia-a-scn/index.html

Chandra Detects Stable Isotope of Titanium in Cassiopeia A, Sci News, Apr 28, 2021
http://www.sci-news.com/astronomy/chandra-titanium-cassiopeia-a-09602.html

The paper is;

Sato, T., Maeda, K., Nagataki, S., Yoshida, T., Grefenstette, B., Williams, B.J., Umeda, H.,
Ono, M. and Hughes, J.P., 2021. 

High-entropy ejecta plumes in Cassiopeia A from neutrino- driven convection. 

Nature, 592(7855), pp.537-540.

Yours,

Paul H.

Sutter’s Mill meteorite once contained carbon dioxide-rich water 25APR2021

Sutter’s Mill meteorite once contained carbon dioxide-rich water

Tsuchiyama, A., Miyake, A., Okuzumi, S., and others, 2021,
Discovery of primitive CO2-bearing fluid in an aqueously altered carbonaceous chondrite. Science Advances 21 Vol. 7, no. 17, eabg9707, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abg9707
https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/7/17/eabg9707

https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/7/17/eabg9707/tab-pdf

Sutter's Mill - https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=55529

Yours,

Paul H.

Live Video of Iceland Eruption March 2021

Live Video of Iceland Eruption 2021

I know this is not meteorite related. Live video of an erupting volcano can just as fun.

Iceland Eruption Live Stream | Geldingadalur
Daily Iceland, March 22, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApcVizUV0Xk

Helstu tíðindi: Gas mælist yfir hættumörkum
https://www.ruv.is/frett/2021/03/18/helstu-tidindi-gas-maelist-yfir-haettumorkum

Sjáðu hraunrennslið í Geldingadölum síðasta sólarhring
22.03.2021 - 16:29 Innlent · Geldingadalagos · Jarðhræringar á
Reykjanesskaga
https://www.ruv.is/frett/2021/03/22/sjadu-hraunrennslid-i-geldingadolum-sidasta-solarhring

Scientists Grill Hot Dogs Using Lava From Iceland Volcano
CBS Miami, Mar 22, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6VHewvyH5o

Yours,

Paul H.

A fireball, a driveway and a priceless meteorite - Gloucestershire, UK

A fireball, a driveway and a priceless meteorite - Gloucestershire, UK
on TwitterA fireball, a driveway and a priceless meteorite

Jonathan Amos, BBC News, March 9, 2021
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-56337876

Yours

Paul H.

Korea New Impact Crater reported

Korea New Impact Crater Reported

It is open access.

Lim, J., Hong, S.S., Han, M., Yi, S. and Kim, S.W., 2021.
First finding of impact cratering in the Korean Peninsula.
Gondwana Research, 91, pp.121-128.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1342937X20303105

Stay safe,

Paul

Globally distributed iridium layer preserved within the Chicxulub impact structure

Globally distributed iridium layer preserved within the Chicxulub impact structure

Iridium in undersea crater confirms asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs
Hamish Johnston, Physics World, February 24, 2021,
https://physicsworld.com/a/iridium-in-undersea-crater-confirms-asteroid-wiped-out-the-dinosaurs/

The paper is:

Goderis, S., Sato, H., Ferriere, L, et al. 2021, Globally distributed iridium layer preserved within the Chicxulub impact structure
Science Advances 24 Feb 2021: Vol. 7, no. 9, eabe3647
https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/7/9/eabe3647

There are arguments that seismic waves from the Chicxulub impact did a superfrack job on the Deccan flood basalts and magnified their eruptions. See-

Richards, M.A., Alvarez, W., Self, S., Karlstrom, L., Renne, P.R.,
Manga, M., Sprain, C.J., Smit, J., Vanderkluysen, L. and Gibson,
S.A., 2015. Triggering of the largest Deccan eruptions by the impact.
Geological Society of America Bulletin, 127(11-12), pp.1507-1520.
PDF at http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/3289/1/Gibson%20bul%20gsa.pdf

PDF at http://pages.uoregon.edu/leif/resources/papers/GSAB_2015_Richards.pdf

Abstract at
https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/gsabulletin/article-abstract/127/1112/1507/126064

Some commentary on flood basalts and mass extinctions:

Ernst, R.E. and Youbi, N., 2017. How Large Igneous Provinces affect global climate, sometimes cause mass extinctions, and represent natural markers in the geological record. 

Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology, 478, pp.30-52.

PDF link, Ernst and Youbi (2017), at bottom of page at
http://www.largeigneousprovinces.org/downloads

PDF at
http://www.largeigneousprovinces.org/sites/default/files2/Ernst%20and%20Youbi%202017%20PPP.PDF

Abstract at
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031018217302857

Yours,

Paul H.

NASA Lands the Perseverance Rover on Mars

NASA Lands the Perseverance Rover on Mars

The science mission will launch the first drone to fly on another planet, attempt making oxygen
in space, and search for signs of ancient life.
Sarah Scoles, Wired, February 18, 2021
https://www.wired.com/story/nasa-lands-the-perseverance-rover-on-mars/

NASA's Perseverance rover landing on Mars, PBS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A_j8X2Wgoo

Yours,
Paul H.

Fun new Paper on finding Meteorites with Drones- Open Source References

Fun new Paper on finding Meteorites with Drones- Open Source References

Marc D. (JSC-XI211) on Mon, 08 Feb 2021 wrote:
Presumably of interest...
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/maps.13593

For those people who lack subscription access:
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2009.13852.pdf

https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.13852

The full citation is:
Anderson, S., Towner, M., Bland, P., Haikings, C.,
Volante, W., Sansom, E., Devillepoix, H., Shober,
P., Hartig, B., Cupak, M. and Jansen‐Sturgeon,
T., 2020. Machine learning for semi‐automated
Meteorite recovery. Meteoritics & Planetary Science.
First published: 01 December 2020

Yours,

Paul H.

Astronomers: A comet fragment, not an asteroid, killed off the dinosaurs

Astronomers: A comet fragment, not an asteroid, killed off the dinosaurs
Jupiter's gravity pushed comet toward Sun; comet was ripped apart by
tidal forces. By Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, February 15, 2021
https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/02/astronomers-a-comet-fragment-not-an-asteroid-killed-off-the-dinosaurs

The open access paper is:

Siraj, A. and Loeb, A., Breakup of a Long-Period Comet
as the Origin of the Dinosaur Extinction.
Scientific Reports volume 11, Article number: 3803 (2021)
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-82320-2

https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/~loeb/SLD.pdf

Yours,

Paul H.

Quasicyrstals, Khatyrka meteorite , and Kamchatka

Quasicyrstals, Khatyrka meteorite , and Kamchatka

Hu, J., Asimow, P.D., Ma, C. and Bindi, L., 2020.
First synthesis of a unique icosahedral phase from
the Khatyrka meteorite by shock-recovery experiment. IUCrJ, 7(3).
https://journals.iucr.org/m/issues/2020/03/00/lt5026/index.html

Quanta Magazine articles
https://www.quantamagazine.org/quasicrystal-meteorite-poses-age-old-questions-20140613/

https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-quasicrystals-shocking-origin-20160708/

Bindi, L., Dmitrienko, V.E. and Steinhardt, P.J., 2020.
Are quasicrystals really so rare in the Universe?.
American Mineralogist, 105(8), pp.1121-1125.
http://minsocam.org/MSA/Ammin/AM_Preprints/7519BindiPreprint.pdf

Bindi, L., Steinhardt, P.J., Yao, N. and Lu, P.J., 2009.
Natural quasicrystals. science, 324(5932), pp.1306-1309.
https://www.unifi.it/upload/sub/notizie/naturalquasicrystals_science.pdf

Steinhardt, P.J. and Bindi, L., 2011. Once upon a time in
Kamchatka: the search for natural quasicrystals. Philosophical
Magazine, 91(19-21), pp.2421-2426.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233447372_Once_upon_a_time_in_Kamchatka_The_search_for_natural_quasicrystals

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Luca_Bindi/3

Yours,

Paul H.

What Dust From Space Tells Us About Ourselves

What Dust From Space Tells Us About Ourselves

What Dust From Space Tells Us About Ourselves
Micrometeorites land on every corner of Earth.
Matthew Genge is using these shards of
interplanetary space to understand Earth and its
place in the solar system. Quanta Magazine
https://www.quantamagazine.org/matt-genge-uses-dust-from-space-to-tell-the-story-of-the-solar-system-20210204/

Yours,

Paul H.

How to hunt for meteorites// Chemists create and capture Einsteinium

How to hunt for meteorites,

Post by Kelly WhittAstronomy Essentials, EarthSky, February 4, 2021
https://earthsky.org/human-world/how-to-find-a-meteorite-where-to-hunt-and-identification-tips

An unrelated science article is:

Chemists create and capture Einsteinium, the elusive 99th element 

By Harry Baker, LiveScience
https://www.livescience.com/einsteinium-experiments-uncover-chemical-properties.html

Yours,

Paul H.