Holocene impact craters on Earth-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Holocene impact craters on Earth

Published:2023-12-06 Issue:0 Volume:0 Page:
ISSN:2084-6118
Container-title:Miscellanea Geographica
language:en
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Author:

Losiak Anna¹²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences , Wrocław , Poland

2. Universities Space Research Association , Houston , United States

Abstract

Abstract Impact craters are formed by collisions of cosmic bodies moving with hypervelocity. The formation of these features is not restricted to the distant geological past; new structures are constantly being created and at least 13 confirmed impact craters and crater fields have formed during the Holocene alone. This short review paper: (1) introduces the basics of the impact cratering process to physical geographers and Quaternary geologists; (2) provides a short description of representative examples of such features (Morasko, Kaali, Kamil, Ilumetsa); and (3) discusses the similarities and differences among very small craters, and contrasts these with larger impact structures. This manuscript may be useful to researchers planning to test whether a small Quaternary depression in the ground may be of impact origin.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)

Link

https://www.sciendo.com/pdf/10.2478/mgrsd-2023-0016

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