Mineral Makeup Hints At Site Of Missing Impact Crater
The chemical makeup of mineral inclusions preserved in impact glass hints at the site of a missing impact crater.
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Scientists uncover the largest crater on Earth under 100,000 years old
The impact crater is the second discovered in China ... Other fragments of the rock escaped this melting process, and instead contain “shocked” quartz that shattered in a distinct pattern ...
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Stunning fossil find records the last day of the dinosaurs
Chicxulub ejecta (microtektites, impact-melt glass) is found at the site within the event deposit ... especially within the proximal ~2100 miles close to the crater, are incompletely resolved. The ...
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It's a mile wide, and a road runs through it. Do drivers know they're cutting through a crater?
The highway cuts through the rim of Brushy Creek Crater near St. Helena Fire Department ... It also showed indications of impact melt, which is a glassy, molten rock containing grains of shocked ...