[Rockhounds] Ancient Meteorite Impact Produced Highest Known Natural Temperature Ever On Earth

[Paul]

Ancient Meteorite Impact Produced Highest Natural
Temperature Ever On Earth, Extreme Tech, Sept. 18, 2017
https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/255984-ancient-meteorite-impact-produced-highest-natural-temperature-ever-earth

Meteorite Impact Caused the Highest Temperature
ever Recorded on Earth's Surface, Phys.Org Sept 18, 2017
https://phys.org/news/2017-09-meteorite-impact-highest-temperature-earth.html

The paper is:

Nicholas E. Timms, Timmons M. Erickson, Michael R. Zanetti,
Mark A. Pearce, Cyril Cayron, Aaron J. Cavosie, Steven M. Reddy,
Axel Wittmann, and Paul K. Carpenter, 2017, Cubic zirconia in
 >2370 °C impact melt records Earth's hottest crust. Earth and
Planetary Science Letters Volume 477, Pages 52-58
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X1730451X
https://infoscience.epfl.ch/record/230363

Mistastin Lake crater, Canada.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistastin_crater

Yours,

Paul H.