How the Moon Formed: New Research About the Giant Impact Hypothesis 11MAR2020

 How the Moon Formed: New Research About the Giant Impact Hypothesis

How the moon formed: New research sheds

light on what happened, Physorg, The Conversation

https://phys.org/news/2020-03-moon.html

https://phys.org/news/2020-03-earth-moon-identical-oxygen-twins.html

The paper is:

Cano, E.J., Sharp, Z.D. & Shearer, C.K. Distinct

oxygen isotope compositions of the Earth and

Moon. Nat. Geosci. (2020).

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-020-0550-0

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-020-0550-0#citeas

Yours,

Paul H.

Researchers to Drill Chicxulub Crater off the Yucatecan Coast

Researchers to Drill Chicxulub Crater off the Yucatecan Coast

Researchers to drill below the Chicxulub Crater off the
Yucatecan Coast. The Yucatan Times, April 18, 2015
http://www.theyucatantimes.com/2015/04/researchers-to-drill-below-the-chicxulub-crater-off-the-yucatecan-coast/

Researchers To Dig Below Chicxulub Crater To Study
Dinosaur Extinction Event by Brian Thompson.
Daily Science Journal, April 15, 2015
http://dailysciencejournal.com/researchers-to-dig-below-chicxulub-crater-to-study-dinosaur-extinction-event/22319/

Scientists Unveil Cause Of Dinosaur Extinction Through
Chicxulub Asteroid Impact Crater Project In Mexico
by Guenee Abragan, Yibada, April 14, 2015 12:16 AM EDT
http://en.yibada.com/articles/26630/20150414/scientists-unveil-cause-dinosaur-extinction-through-chicxulub-asteroid-impact-crater.htm

Morgan, J. V., S. P. S.Gulick, J. Urrutia-Fucugauchi,
G. S. Collins, L. Perez-Cruz, and M. Rebolledo-Vieyra,
2015, IODP-ICDP Expedition 364: Drilling the K-Pg
Impact Structure. 46th Lunar and Planetary Science
Conference, held March 16-20, 2015 in The Woodlands,
Texas. LPI Contribution No. 1832, p.1747
http://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2015/pdf/1747.pdf
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015LPI....46.1747M

Yous,

Paul H.

New Research About Vredefort Impact

New Research About Vredefort Impact

Earth's Oldest and Biggest Crater Yields New Secrets
LiveScience.com by Becky Oskin-Apr 28, 2014
http://www.livescience.com/45172-vredefort-crater-impact-melt-ejecta.html
http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/stories/earths-oldest-crater-yields-new-secrets

A related paper:
Huber, M. S., A. E. Crne I. McDonald, L. Hecht, V. A.
Melezhik, and C. Koeberl, 2014, Impact spherules from
Karelia, Russia: Possible ejecta from the 2.02 Ga
Vredefort impact event. Geology. vol. 42, pp. 375-378,
http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/42/5/375.abstract

Related article-
Crash! 10 Biggest Impact Craters on Earth
LiveScience.com by Becky Oskin, April 28, 2014
http://www.livescience.com/45126-biggest-impact-crater-earth-countdown.html

Vredefort crater - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vredefort_crater

Yours,

Paul H.

New Research On Libyan Desert Glass

New Research On Libyan Desert Glass

Note: In the below news articles, I am not responsible
for their content. Blame either the reporters or the
original press release for any inaccuracies.

First ever evidence of a comet striking Earth, Physorg.
http://phys.org/news/2013-10-evidence-comet-earth.html

Scientists in Comet Strike Discovery, AllAfrica.com
http://allafrica.com/stories/201310081162.html

Comet Rained ‘Shock Wave of Fire’ on Sahara Desert
By Antony Sguazzin, Bloomberg, October 8, 2013
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-08/comet-rained-shock-wave-of-fire-on-sahara-desert.html

Comet collided with earth 28 million years ago:
researchers, Toronto Sun, October 8, 2103
http://www.torontosun.com/2013/10/08/comet-collided-with-earth-28-million-years-ago-researchers

Yours,

Paul H.

Fossils in storage: How do you sort through the backlog?

Fossils in storage: How do you sort through the backlog?

A Modest Proposal: 3-D Printing of Fossils Still
Trapped in Matrix by Charles Q. Choi, October 3, 2012
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/assignment-impossible/2012/10/03/a-modest-proposal-3-d-printing-of-fossils-still-trapped-in-matrix/

Fossils in storage: How do you sort through the
backlog? by Maggie Koerth-Baker, October 4, 2012
http://boingboing.net/2012/10/04/fossils-in-storage-how-do-you.html

Best wishes,

Paul H.