Oasis crater

Oasis crater is located in Libya
Oasis crater
Oblique Landsat image of Oasis crater draped over digital elevation model (x5 vertical exaggeration); screen capture from NASA World Wind

Oasis is a meteorite crater in Libya. The crater is exposed at the surface, and has been significantly eroded. The prominent topographic ring is only the central uplift, which is about 5.2 kilometres (3.2 mi) in diameter, while the original crater rim is estimated to have been 18 kilometres (11 mi) in diameter. The age is estimated to be less than 120 million years (Lower Cretaceous).[1]

References

  1. ^ "Oasis". Earth Impact Database. Planetary and Space Science Centre University of New Brunswick Fredericton. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  • Anonymous (nd) Africa (Impact Craters), Earth Impact Database, Planetary and Space Science Centre Archived 2010-02-12 at the Wayback Machine, University of New Brunswick, New Brunswick, Canada.
  • Stephan van Gasselt; Jung Rack Kim; Yun-Soo Choi; Jaemyeong Kim (2017). "The Oasis impact structure, Libya: geological characteristics from ALOS PALSAR-2 data interpretation". Earth, Planets and Space. 69 (35). Bibcode:2017EP&S...69...35V. doi:10.1186/s40623-017-0620-8.

24°34′28″N 24°24′37″E / 24.57444°N 24.41028°E / 24.57444; 24.41028

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