Job Opportunity: PhD Position in Impact Crater Studies
The State Key Laboratory of Lunar and Planetary Sciences based in Macau (China) is offering a PhD position in the field of impact crater studies. Our Space Science Institute is […]
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Large Canadian Impact Crater Formed During Episode of Asteroid Bombardment and Orogeny
After a large collision in the asteroid belt some 470 million years ago (in Ordovician times), many asteroid fragments were tossed into Earth-crossing orbits, collided with the Earth, and […]
New Impact Crater Discovered in Finland
A detailed geologic study of bedrock and glacial boulders in the area around Lake Summanen in central Finland revealed the presence of shock metamorphic features, such as shatter cones and […]