Miocene layer - Impact Deposit
Alternate Names | N/A |
Coordinates |
22° 58' 48" N; 154° 1' 12" E Notes
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Country |
Earth
Related Countries :
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Region | Northwest Pacific Ocean |
Date Confirmed | 2019 Notes
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Age (Ma) | ~11 Notes :
Method :
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Impactor Type | Unknown |
Advanced Data Fields
Notes

Local Language
N/A
Spherules
Yes
Tektites
Unknown
Indivudual Glass Clasts
Unknown
Source Crater
Unknown (Nozaki et al., 2019)
Geology
40 cm thick layer of clay, 350 cm below seafloor.
- Nozaki et al., 2019
Other Shock Metamorphism
Unknown
Shatter Cones
No
Planar Fractures
No
Planar Deformation Features
No
Diaplectic Glass
No
Coesite
No
Stisovite
No
References
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(2019) A Miocene impact ejecta layer in the Pelagic Pacific Ocean, Scientific Reports 9, p. 1-9, Nature Research, url, doi:10.1038/s41598-019-52709-1