Allan Hills - Impact Deposit

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Local Language
Coordinates 76° 43' 58" S; 159° 23' 20" E
Country Antarctica

Related Countries :
  1. Antarctica
Region Allan Hills
Date Confirmed Feb 1, 2024
Age (Ma) 2.3–2.7 Ma
Method :
  1. Cosmogenic nuclide concentrations
Impactor Type Chondritic asteroid.

Advanced Data Fields

Notes

Spherules
Spherules of BIT-58 dust layer originating from an airburst.
Tektites
Indivudual Glass Clasts
Source Crater
Geology
Other Shock Metamorphism
Shatter Cones
No
Planar Fractures
No
Planar Deformation Features
No
Diaplectic Glass
No
Coesite
No
Stisovite
No