Alhama de Almería - Hypervelocity Impact Crater
Alternate Names | N/A |
Coordinates | 36° 58' 39" N; 2° 32' 53" W |
Country | Spain |
Region | Almería |
Date Confirmed | 2023 |
Buried? | No |
Drilled? | No |
Target Type | Sedimentary |
Sub-Type | Limestone |
Apparent Crater Diameter (km) | 22 km |
Age (Ma) | ∼8 Ma Notes :
Method :
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Impactor Type | Unknown |
Advanced Data Fields
Notes

Local Language
N/A
Erosion
Unknown
Final Rim Diameter
Unknown
Apparent Rim Diameter
22 km
Rim Reliability Index
Unknown
Crater Morphology
Complex
Central Uplift Diameter
2.4 km
Central Uplift Height
Unknown
Uplift Reliability Index
Unknown
Structural Uplift
Unknown
Thickness of Seds
Unknown
Target Age
Triassic
Marine
No
Impactor Type
Unknown
Other Shock Metamorphism
Unknown
Shatter Cones
No
Planar Fractures
No
Planar Deformation Features
Yes
Diaplectic Glass
No
Coesite
No
Stisovite
No
Crater Fill
Unknown
Proximal Ejecta
Unknown
Distal Ejecta
Unknown
Dykes
Unknown
Volume of Melt
Unknown
Depth of Melting
Unknown
References
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(2023) A possible 5 km wide impact structure with associated 22 km wide exterior collapse terrain in the Alhabia–Tabernas Basin, southeastern Spain, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, University of Arkansa, doi:10.1111/maps.14063