Discovery of the Hailin impact crater in northeast China
A uniquely shaped impact structure, the Hailin impact crater, has been discovered in northeast China. The crater was formed on a granodiorite hillside and is an oval depression with asymmetric rim height and a maximum diameter of 1360 m. The bottom of the crater is filled by Quaternary sediments wit...
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| description | A uniquely shaped impact structure, the Hailin impact crater, has been discovered in northeast China. The crater was formed on a granodiorite hillside and is an oval depression with asymmetric rim height and a maximum diameter of 1360 m. The bottom of the crater is filled by Quaternary sediments with large amounts of rock fragments underneath. The discovery of quartz planar deformation features in rock clasts on the crater floor provides diagnostic evidence for the impact origin of the structure. The shape of the crater is largely due to the impact having occurred on a ridge terrain. The impact event probably occurred in the late Cenozoic Era. The Hailin impact crater is the fourth confirmed Chinese impact crater. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4c3e7df4f19a4112b3748ca98bc5de6e2025-02-03T16:33:24ZengAIP Publishing LLCMatter and Radiation at Extremes2468-080X2025-01-01101013001013001-510.1063/5.0236993Discovery of the Hailin impact crater in northeast ChinaFeng Yin0Ming Chen1Wenge Yang2Ho-kwang Mao3Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research, Shanghai 201203, ChinaCenter for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research, Shanghai 201203, ChinaCenter for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research, Shanghai 201203, ChinaCenter for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research, Shanghai 201203, ChinaA uniquely shaped impact structure, the Hailin impact crater, has been discovered in northeast China. The crater was formed on a granodiorite hillside and is an oval depression with asymmetric rim height and a maximum diameter of 1360 m. The bottom of the crater is filled by Quaternary sediments with large amounts of rock fragments underneath. The discovery of quartz planar deformation features in rock clasts on the crater floor provides diagnostic evidence for the impact origin of the structure. The shape of the crater is largely due to the impact having occurred on a ridge terrain. The impact event probably occurred in the late Cenozoic Era. The Hailin impact crater is the fourth confirmed Chinese impact crater.http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0236993 |
| spellingShingle | Feng Yin Ming Chen Wenge Yang Ho-kwang Mao Discovery of the Hailin impact crater in northeast China Matter and Radiation at Extremes |
| title | Discovery of the Hailin impact crater in northeast China |
| title_full | Discovery of the Hailin impact crater in northeast China |
| title_fullStr | Discovery of the Hailin impact crater in northeast China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Discovery of the Hailin impact crater in northeast China |
| title_short | Discovery of the Hailin impact crater in northeast China |
| title_sort | discovery of the hailin impact crater in northeast china |
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