Unique “impactites” From the French Coast

EARTH: D-Day's legacy sands, Eureka Alert
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-05/agi-edl053111.php

D-Day's Legacy: Remnants of invasion linger in beach sands
Earth Magazine, American geological Institute
http://www.earthmagazine.org/earth/article/451-7db-5-1b

the paper is:

McBride, E. F., and M. D. Picard, 2011, Shrapnel in Omaha 
Beach Sand. The Sedimentary Record. vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 4-8.

PDF file at:
http://sepm.org/CM_Files/SedimentaryRecord/SedRecord%209-3.pdf
http://www.sepm.org/pages.aspx?pageid=37

The “Sedimentary Record” also has an article that discusses 
extraterretrial impactites. It is:

Horton, J. W., Jr., K. R. Evans, M. F. Thompson, and J. E. 
Warme, 2005, The Sedimentary Record of Meteorite 
Impacts: An SEPM Research Conference. The Sedimentary
Record. vol. 3 no. 1, pp. 4-8.

PDF file at:
http://www.sepm.org/CM_Files/SedimentaryRecord/sedrecord3.1.pdf
http://www.sepm.org/pages.aspx?pageid=37

Yours,

Paul H.