Earth:Elbow crater

From HandWiki
Revision as of 08:04, 12 June 2021 by imported>WikiG (add)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Short description: Meteorite crater in Saskatchewan, Canada
Circle shows the approximate rim of Elbow crater. There is no surface expression of the structure.

Elbow is a meteorite crater just north of the village of Riverhurst in Saskatchewan, Canada.

The crater is 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) in diameter with an age estimated to be 395 ± 25 million years (during the Devonian Period). The crater is buried beneath younger sediments and is not exposed at the surface.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Elbow crater". Earth Impact Database. Planetary and Space Science Centre University of New Brunswick Fredericton. http://www.passc.net/EarthImpactDatabase/New%20website_05-2018/{{{name}}}.html. 

External links

[ ⚑ ] 50°59′N 106°43′W / 50.983°N 106.717°W / 50.983; -106.717




Retrieved from "https://handwiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Earth:Elbow_crater&oldid=601586"