Laramie Potts
Laramie Potts is an American[citation needed] scientist at Ohio State University who identified the Wilkes Land mass concentration in Antarctica in collaboration with Ralph von Frese. He is from South Africa.[citation needed] He currently (December 2010) teaches geomatics (surveying) at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.
Potts is a Post-Doctoral Researcher in Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science.
He and von Frese used gravity measurements by NASA's GRACE satellites to identify a 200 mile (300 km) wide mass concentration. This mass anomaly is centered within a larger ring-like structure visible in radar images of the land surface beneath the Antarctic ice cap. This combination led these researchers to speculate that it may be the result of a large impact event.[1]
References
- ^ Gorder, Pam Frost (June 1, 2006). "Big Bang in Antarctica—Killer Crater Found Under Ice". Research News.
http://engineeringtech.njit.edu/people/potts.php
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