[meteorite-list] Possible crater discovered in North Sea

From: marco.langbroek_at_wanadoo.nl <marco.langbroek_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:52:04 2004
Message-ID: <1028205968.3d492d904108c_at_webmail3.wanadoo.nl>

Hi,

Interesting news in today's issue of NATURE. On page 520-523, oil geologists
S.A. Stewart and P.J. Allen report on the discovery of a burried possible
impact crater in the southern North Sea basin, some 130 km offshore from the
western British coast. The structure is 20 km wide, and probably some 60
million years old. Interestingly enough, it appears to be multiringed, which is
considered unusual for a 20 km wide crater.

Marco

ref: Stewart S.A. & Allen P.J.; A 20-km-diameter multi-ringed impact structure
in the North Sea. Nature 418 (August 1, 2002), 420-523.

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