Beaverhead impact structure
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Impact structure in United States
| Beaverhead impact structure | |
|---|---|
| A shatter cone produced by the Beaverhead impact | |
| Impact crater/structure | |
| Confidence | confirmed[1] |
| Diameter | 60 kilometres (37 mi) |
| Age | 600 million years |
| Exposed | Yes |
| Drilled | No |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 44°36′N 113°0′W / 44.600°N 113.000°W / 44.600; -113.000 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Idaho, Montana |
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The Beaverhead impact structure is the second largest impact structure within the U.S. It lies within the states of Idaho and Montana. Estimated at 60 kilometers (37 mi) in diameter, it is the ninth largest impact crater on Earth.
With an estimated age of 600 million years (Neoproterozoic), the impact's original shatter cones along the impact structure's perimeter provide some of the structure's only remaining visible evidence.
It is named for the Beaverhead region of southwestern Montana in which it was first discovered.
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ "Beaverhead". Earth Impact Database . Planetary and Space Science Centre University of New Brunswick Fredericton . Retrieved 2015年01月02日.
Further reading
[edit ]- Carr, J and Link, PK, 1999, Neoproterozoic conglomerate and breccia in the formation of Leaton Gulch, Grouse Peak, northern Lost River Range, Idaho: Relation to Beaverhead Impact Structure, in Hughes, S.S., and Thackray, G.D., eds., Guidebook to the Geology of Eastern Idaho: Pocatello, Idaho Museum of natural History, p. 21-29.
- Aerial Exploration of the Beaverhead crater
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