Re: Meteor Impact Site In Northern Minnesota?

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From: Paul Dietz
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 00:29

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In article <726187167.AA02789@tdkt.kksys.com> Greg.Prince@f31.n282.z1.tdkt.kksys.com (Greg Prince) writes:

> It'd be interesting though if it is an impact site, because of the previous
> glaciation of the area.  Anything that wasn't fairly recent wouldn't still be
> there.

Let's all not forget that small, round depressions are often found in
places that glaciers once covered.  Called "kettles", these
depressions are formed in glacial till by the melting of buried masses
of ice left behind as the main glacier retreats.

	Paul F. Dietz
	dietz@cs.rochester.edu

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