Originally presented 21 Apr 2007
Dallas Abbott continues to investigate meteorite and other impact craters that have been discovered in many locations, and has been searching especially for evidence of such features in our local region.
The “Science Times” (New York Times Tuesday featured section) carried an article about Dallas’s work on 14 Nov 2006. Click for “Ancient Crash, Epic Wave.” (Note: Scroll down if you don’t see anything at first.)
Here are links to some of her previous E2C Workshops:
http://www.earth2class.org/k12/w8_s2006/w8_s2006.php
http://www.earth2class.org/k12/w9_s2005/index.php
http://www.earth2class.org/k12/w8_s2004/index.htm
http://www.earth2class.org/k12/w4_f2002/template.htm
Introduction to this Workshop
Here is the introductory slide show presented by Dr. Passow.
Click on your preferred format: ppt or web page
Cutting-Edge Research
Dallas Abbott’s investigations about bolloid impacts in the oceans have received considerable attention in the past few years. Dallas has described her discoveries in Earth2Class Workshops over the past few years, so it was with special interest that we opened the NY Times’ Science Times on 14 Nov 2006 to read a feature story about her work.
In addition to her activities as Adjunct Research Scientist, Dallas oversees the LDEO Summer Inter Program for Undergraduates. Here is the link to Dallas’s LDEO website.
The link below presents one of Dallas’s publications on this topic:
Burckle Abyssal Impact Crater: Did this Impact Produce a Global Deluge?
by
Dallas H. Abbott, Lloyd Burckle, and Perri Gerard-Little
Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964
W. Bruce Masse
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104.
Classroom Resources
New Revelations about Impact Craters
LESSON PLAN: “BLAST FROM THE PAST – IMPACT CRATERS”
[An “Earth2Class Workshops for Teacher” Module]
Created by: Mirtha Landaira, Lawrence Leung, and Linda McCall
E2C Summer Curriculum Development Workshop, Summer 2004
Impact Simulation Model suggested by Dallas Abbott:
“Earth Impact Effects Program”: an easy-to-use, interactive web site for estimating the regional environmental consequences of an impact on Earth http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/impacteffects/
Hawai’i Space Grant College Teacher Page
http://www.spacegrant.hawaii.edu/class_acts/CratersTe.html
http://www.spacegrant.hawaii.edu/class_acts/CrateringDoc.html
Impact Cratering on a Rainy Day
http://www.teacherlink.usu.edu/tlnasa/units/PlanetaryGeology/9.pdf
Explore Craters
http://www.kidscosmos.org/kid-stuff/craters.html
“Crater Crazy” by Andrea Gianopoulos
http://www.astronomy.com/content/static/parentsteachers/activities/cratercrazy.asp
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Of course, the best way to find useful materials for your students is through aDLESE search:
www.dlese.org
Other Resources for This Topic
SELECTED WEB SITES ABOUT IMPACT CRATERS
Terrestrial Impact Craters site—Calvin J. Hamilton
http://www.solarviews.com/eng/tercrate.htm
Educator’s Guide to Impact Craters
http://www.solarviews.com/eng/edu/craters.htm
Asteroid and Comet Impact Hazards
http://impact.arc.nasa.gov/index.html
Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona
http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/SIC/impact_cratering/intro/
Terrestrial Impact Craters, 2nd ed. by Christian Koeberl and Virgil L. Sharpton
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/slidesets/craters/
Hawai’i Space Grant College Teacher Page
http://www.spacegrant.hawaii.edu/class_acts/CratersTe.html
http://www.spacegrant.hawaii.edu/class_acts/CrateringDoc.html
Impact Cratering on a Rainy Day
http://www.teacherlink.usu.edu/tlnasa/units/PlanetaryGeology/9.pdf
Explore Craters
http://www.kidscosmos.org/kid-stuff/craters.html
“Crater Crazy” by Andrea Gianopoulos
http://www.astronomy.com/content/static/parentsteachers/activities/cratercrazy.asp
Asteroid impact craters could cradle life (NewScientist.com, 10 Sep 2004)
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn6383
SELECTED WEB SITES ABOUT TSUNAMIS
US Geological Survey Southeast Asia FAQ
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqinthenews/2004/usslav/neic_slav_faq.html
USGS Tsunami Information Links
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/bytopic/tsunami.html
Unearthing Proof of a Tsunami in the Northwest
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4629401
University of Washington “Tsunami!”
http://www.geophys.washington.edu/tsunami/intro.html
USGS Coastal & Marine Geology Program
http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/tsunami/
FEMA Hazards—Tsunamis
http://www.fema.gov/hazards/tsunamis/
NWS Tsunami Awareness Page
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/okx/tsunami.html
SELECTED WEB SITES ABOUT NEW ZEALAND AND PACIFIC TSUNAMIS
DID A BOLIDE IMPACT CAUSE CATASTROPHIC TSUNAMIS IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND?
ABBOTT, Dallas H.1, MATZEN, Andrew1, BRYANT, Edward A.2, and PEKAR, Stephen F.1
(1) Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, PO Box 1000, Palisades, NY 10964-8000, dallas@ldeo.columbia.edu, (2) Faculty of Science, Univ of Wollongong, Wollongong, 2522, Australia
http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2003AM/finalprogram/abstract_65239.htm
New Zealand Hazard Watch
http://www.gns.cri.nz/hazardwatch/latest/index.html
Tsunami Sites in New Zealand
http://www.usc.edu/dept/tsunamis/newzealand/
Pacific Tsunami Warning Center
http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/abouttsunamis.htm