Puchezh-Katunki crater

Coordinates: 56°58′N 43°43′E / 56.967°N 43.717°E / 56.967; 43.717
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Puchezh-Katunki crater
Landsat image of Puchezh-Katunki crater
Impact crater/structure
ConfidenceConfirmed
Diameter40 km (25 mi) (rim-to-rim)
80 km (50 mi) (including ring terrace)
Age195.9 ± 1.0 Ma
Sinemurian, Early Jurassic
ExposedNo
DrilledYes
Location
Coordinates56°58′N 43°43′E / 56.967°N 43.717°E / 56.967; 43.717
CountryRussia
ProvinceNizhny Novgorod Oblast
Puchezh-Katunki crater is located in Russia
Puchezh-Katunki crater
Location of the crater in Russia
Puchezh-Katunki crater is located in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Puchezh-Katunki crater
Puchezh-Katunki crater (Nizhny Novgorod Oblast)

Puchezh-Katunki is a

million years old, placing it within the Sinemurian stage of the Early Jurassic.[1][2] The crater is not exposed to the surface, but appears as variation in the vegetation. The Earth Impact Database
lists a rim-to-rim diameter of 40 kilometres (25 mi). [3]

Description

Shock stationed clay mineral (Speel) Puchezh-Katunsky meteorite crater in the Moscow museum of astronautics.

The central dome, ring depression, and ring terrace of the 80 km (50 mi) wide impact structure are nearly completely buried under

Volga River
. [4]

See also

References

  1. S2CID 189999865
    .
  2. S2CID 233620694
    .
  3. ^ "Puchezh-Katunki". Earth Impact Database. Planetary and Space Science Centre University of New Brunswick Fredericton.
  4. ^ Pálfy, József (2004). "Did the Puchezh-Katunki Impact Trigger an Extinction?". Hungarian Natural History Museum.


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