Grains Found in Ga. Traced to Asteroid

Yahoo / AP ^ | August 24 2004 | editors

[SunkenCiv]

Microscopic analysis, reported in the current issue of the journal Geology, revealed a 3-inch-thick layer of "shocked quartz" — a form of the mineral produced only under intense pressure like that of an impact — that dated to 35.5 million years ago, when a space rock slammed into the Earth about 120 miles southeast of present-day Washington.

[SunkenCiv]

I plan to add something about the Carolina Bays.

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[singing] Ka-boom, ka-boom, ya da da da da da da da da da da...

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Thanx for the ping!

4CJ, might be of interest?

[4CJ]

4CJ, might be of interest?

Barley ;o)

[4CJ]

... when a space rock slammed into the Earth ...

God's fingernail.

[null and void]

Kewl, kaolin, one of the few words that made it virtually unchanged from the original Chinese into the English language...

[SunkenCiv]

...somethin' to do with the OJ trial...

[farmfriend]

Of minor interest.

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