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  • Meteorite impact debris found in Minn. (from Sudbury impact in Canada, 1.85B Years ago)

    07/16/2007 9:41:55 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 12 replies · 1,210+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 7/16/07 | AP
    GRAND MARAIS, Minn. - A forest fire has led to a chance discovery of debris from the impact of a meteorite 1.85 billion years ago, more than 450 miles away at Sudbury, Ontario. Geologists had scheduled a field trip in May along the Gunflint Trail in northeastern Minnesota, but most areas they wanted to explore were closed because of a wildfire that charred more than 118 square miles. Geologist Mark Jirsa of the Minnesota Geological Survey went up the trail to scout new locations and, in a spot he had never visited before, stumbled across debris now linked to the...