Alamo Impact Crate, Nevadar Recognized

Alamo Impact Crater, Nevada Recognized

On Monday Febraury 2, 2015, Count Deiro wrote,

"Sunday, the Las Vegas Review Journal newspaper carried
a second page headline that mentions the recent paper published
in the current issue of Geosphere, the online mag for the
Geological Society of America, arguing the legitimacy of the
382 million year old "Alamo Impact" and doubling it's
diameter to between 69 and 93 miles."

Some articles are:

Alamo impact crater: New study could double its size
Geological Society of America, January 23, 2015
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/01/150123102541.htm
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-01/gsoa-aic012215.php

New study ranks Nevada crater among world's largest
Las Vegas Review-Journal, January 31, 2015
http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/science/new-study-ranks-nevada-crater-among-world-s-largest

150 Kilometer Diameter Crater In Nevada Result Of
Bolide Impact On Ancient Seafloor, January 25, 2015 21:09
http://www.ineffableisland.com/2015/01/150-kilometer-diamerter-crater-in.html

The papers are:

Retzler, A. J., L. Tapanila, J. R. Steenberg, C. J. Johnson,
and R. A. Myers. Post-impact depositional environments
as a proxy for crater morphology, Late Devonian Alamo
impact, Nevada. Geosphere, 2015; DOI: 10.1130/GES00964.1
http://geosphere.gsapubs.org/content/early/2015/01/14/GES00964.1.abstract

Retzler, A. J., 2013, Post-impact depositional environments
as a proxy for crater morphology, Late Devonian Alamo
impact, Nevada. Uynpublished MS thesis, Department of
Geosciences, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho.
http://geology.isu.edu/thesis/Retzler.Andrew.2013.pdf

Yours,

Paul H.

Outer Rim of Alamo Impact Crater, Nevada, Found ??

On October 9, 2011, in Session No. 69 Impact Cratering 
on the Earth, Moon, and Planets: Remote, Field, and 
Lab Studies. Minneapolis Convention Center: Room 
L100H-J, 1:30 PM-5:30 PM, geologists from Department 
of Geosciences, Idaho State University will argue that 
they have found the rim of the Alamo Impact crater.

It is:

Tapanila, L., J. Sheffield, C. Thomason, and R. Myers, 2011,
The Hiko Scarp: A Paleo-Topographic Boundary Marking 
the Outer Rim Fault of the Alamo Impact Carter. Geological 
Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 43, No. 5, p. 189
http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2011AM/finalprogram/abstract_194077.htm
http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2011AM/finalprogram/session_28353.htm

Yours,

Paul H.