Earth:Oasis crater
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Landsat image of the Oasis crater; screen capture from NASA World Wind | |
Impact crater/structure | |
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Confidence | Confirmed |
Diameter | 5.2 kilometres (3.2 mi) |
Age | <120 Ma |
Exposed | Yes |
Drilled | No |
Location | |
Country | Libya |
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Oasis is a meteorite crater in Libya. The crater is exposed at the surface, and has been significantly eroded. The prominent topographic ring is only the central uplift, which is about 5.2 kilometres (3.2 mi) in diameter, while the original crater rim is estimated to have been 18 kilometres (11 mi) in diameter. The age is estimated to be less than 120 million years (Lower Cretaceous).[1]
References
External links
- Anonymous (nd) Africa (Impact Craters), Earth Impact Database, Planetary and Space Science Centre , University of New Brunswick, New Brunswick, Canada.
- Stephan van Gasselt; Jung Rack Kim; Yun-Soo Choi; Jaemyeong Kim (2017). "The Oasis impact structure, Libya: geological characteristics from ALOS PALSAR-2 data interpretation". Earth, Planets and Space 69 (35). doi:10.1186/s40623-017-0620-8.
[ ⚑ ] 24°34′28″N 24°24′37″E / 24.57444°N 24.41028°E
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oasis crater.
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