Complex craters are a type of large impact crater morphology. Complex craters are classified into two groups: central-peak craters and peak-ring craters...
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size from microscopic craters seen on lunar rocks returned by the Apollo Program to simple bowl-shaped depressions and vast, complex, multi-ringed impact...
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Peak ring (redirect from Peak-ring impact crater)
A peak ring crater is a type of complex crater, which is different from a multi-ringed basin or central-peak crater. A central peak is not seen; instead...
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that forms a curving arc around the middle of the floor, making it a complex crater. Due to its ray system, Zucchius is mapped as part of the Copernican...
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a complex crater because it features a central uplift, a transition zone, and a ring graben (a ring-shaped trough in the outer part of the crater). Although...
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Araguainha is a complex crater with annular and radial faults, exposed to the surface and eroded, cut through by the Araguaia River. The crater has an uplifted...
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The Steinheim crater is a meteorite crater in Steinheim am Albuch, Heidenheim County, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The crater is located at the north-eastern...
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There is also a 25-meter central uplift in the lake floor, suggesting complex crater morphology. Evidence Suggesting a Meteorite Impact Origin for Lac Couture...
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List of impact structures on Earth (redirect from Terrestrial crater)
(secondary coordinates) This list of impact structures (including impact craters) on Earth contains the majority of the 194+ confirmed impact structures...
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Lunar craters are impact craters on Earth's Moon. The Moon's surface has many craters, all of which were formed by impacts. The International Astronomical...
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called “complex”) craters can form rims up to several hundred meters in height. A process to consider when determining the exact height of a crater rim is...
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Mount Mazama (redirect from Mount Mazama complex)
elevation in the Mazama Complex is now Mount Scott, at an elevation of 8,929 feet (2,722 m), with a relief of 2,000 feet (610 m) above Crater Lake's surface waters...
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Complex (geology), a unit of rocks composed of rocks of two or three types Complex crater, a type of large impact crater morphology Volcanic complex,...
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arcuate central island, is interpreted to be the central uplift of the complex crater structure. The target rocks were part of a batholith composed of adamellite...
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a deeply eroded complex crater. Since the original impact, the structure has eroded over 300 metres (980 ft), eliminating the crater and other surface...
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other methods. Complex crater Earth Impact Database Multi-ringed basin Impact event List of craters in the Solar System List of largest craters in the Solar...
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Flynn Creek crater is an impact crater situated in Jackson County, Tennessee, approximately 8 km south of Gainesboro. The impact crater was formed approximately...
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Meteor Crater, or Barringer Crater, is an impact crater about 37 mi (60 km) east of Flagstaff and 18 mi (29 km) west of Winslow in the desert of northern...
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2018. The crater is located near Charon's north pole, and overlaps the edge of Mordor Macula. At roughly ~250 km wide, Dorothy is a complex crater with a...
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and geometer Theodorus Moretus. The rim of the crater has a wide, terraced inner wall, and a complex outer rampart. The floor has been partly resurfaced...
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Large impact craters with uplifted centresPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets Complex crater – Large impact craters with uplifted...
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regolith to large, complex, multi-ringed impact basins. Meteor Crater is a well-known example of a small impact crater on Earth. Impact craters are the dominant...
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Multi-ringed basin (redirect from Multi-ringed crater)
crater in Mexico has a sufficient area to have been a multi-ringed basin. Complex crater – Large impact craters with uplifted centres Impact crater –...
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origin of one of these rilles. Within the same rille complex is the tiny crater Ivan. The crater Vera was previously identified as Prinz A, and Ivan as...
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rock to bulge upward like a giant blister and deform into a dome. A complex crater, caused by collision of a hypervelocity body with another larger than...
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Manicouagan Reservoir (redirect from Manicouagan impact crater)
Martin crater in Manitoba, the Obolon' crater in Ukraine, and the Red Wing crater in North Dakota; however, more recent work has found that the craters formed...
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Henbury Meteorites Conservation Reserve (redirect from Henbury crater)
Ghan. Henbury craters are a result of one of the few impact events that have occurred in a populated area (few other examples are Kaali crater in Estonia...
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down toward the base. The crater floor is relatively smooth, with only minor hills and impact craters. In the middle is a complex central peak surrounded...
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Heraclitus is a complex lunar impact crater that lies in the rugged southern highlands of the Moon. The crater Licetus forms the northern end of the formation...
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diameter, and is surrounded by complex ejecta lobes, which are a distinctive characteristic of martian impact craters. Many craters at equatorial and mid-latitudes...
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