Pantasma
Coordinates | 13° 22' 12" N; 85° 57' 0" W |
Country | Nicaragua |
Region | Jinotega |
Date Confirmed | 2019 |
Buried? | No |
Drilled? | No |
Target Type | Crystalline |
Sub-Type | Basalt |
Apparent Crater Diameter (km) | 14 km |
Age (Ma) | 0.815 ± 0.011 Notes on Age :
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Impactor Type | Unknown |
References
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(2018) Former reidite in granular neoblastic zircon (FRIGN zircon) from the Luizi impact structure and proposed Pantasma structure, 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, p. Abstract 1816, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, TX
(2018) FRIGN zircon—The only terrestrial mineral diagnostic of high-pressure and high-temperature shock deformation, Geology 46(10), p. 891-894, Geological Society of America, doi:10.1130/G45079.1
(2019) Pantasma: Evidence for a Pleistocene circa 14 km diameter impact crater in Nicaragua, Meteoritics and Planetary Science 901(4), p. 880-901, doi:10.1111/maps.13244