Hello -
Received this message, but I can't find the Greek news release for this:
From: "John Exarhou"
Subject: Unknown Meteor Crater Discovered in Greece ?
To:
Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.comGoodday to all,
Greek Oceanographers have discovered what they suspect to be a meteor
crater in the bottom of the Aegean Sea. The crater is 100 meters in
diameter and 50 meters in depth. It is located in an area between the
island of Evia and continental Greece. They say that the crater could
not have been caused by either volcanic or seismic activity in this
area. They mentioned that the crater was formed sometime in the Ice
Age when the specific area was not submerged and the water level was
150 lower than what it is today.
The scientists have not revealed the exact position of their find
since they want to protect its environment from overfishing. They say
that inside the crater they have discovered a vast variety of sea life
" a paradise of sea life" as they called it.
John Exarhou
Athens, GREECE
IMCA 1250 (International Meteorite Collectors Association)
I first heard of this crater last year at the AIA annual meeting in Chicago, but no date
was available then.
Clearly we are looking at yet another massive impact in the range of early man. Working through the
immediate environmental effects will take some time, but the Mediterranean was more of a lake than
a sea then. This topic was covered in elephantai distributions elsewhere here.
E.P. Grondine
Man and Impact in the Americas
(by the way, I am running a special on my book, contact me off forum)
