From: John Curtis on
On Jun 1, 10:53 am, Sam Wormley <sworml...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5/31/10 11:54 AM, John Curtis wrote:
>
>> During Late Heavy Bombardment oceans served to
>> cushion the impactors from cratering the ocean floor.
>
> Got an evidence for you assertion, John? Please cite!
>
Newton's approximation of impact depth, which
reduces the number of craters by preventing smaller
impactors from striking the ocean floor.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impact_depth
John Curtis

From: Brad Guth on
On Jun 1, 7:54 pm, John Curtis <j...(a)curtis.ms> wrote:
> On Jun 1, 10:53 am, Sam Wormley <sworml...(a)gmail.com> wrote:> On 5/31/10 11:54 AM, John Curtis wrote:
>
> >> During Late Heavy Bombardment oceans served to
> >> cushion the impactors from cratering the ocean floor.
>
> >   Got an evidence for you assertion, John? Please cite!
>
> Newton's approximation of impact depth, which
> reduces the number of craters by preventing smaller
> impactors from striking the ocean floor.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impact_depth
> John Curtis

"Impact Earth Impact Effects Program" also doesn't allow for a thicker
and more dense atmosphere, nor ice upon ice encounters.

~ BG