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Greenland Blessed with Earth's Oldest Known Impact Crater

11 months agoAcademics / Geology : Olelog

On a Nordic geological winter meeting in Oslo in January 2010 Adam Garde told about a possible impact structure in Greenland (see my post). He and co-authors have now published further findings in a paper in Earth and Planetary Science Letters of 1 July 2012. (Sorry I have upload problems also with a map image, supposed to show up here - Hope to fix things later!) The so far oldest (i.
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EcoAlert: 100-Kilometer Wide Impact Crater Found in Greenland --Oldest Known on Planet

Academics / General Science : The Daily Galaxy (11 months ago)

A 100 kilometer-wide crater has been found in Greenland, the result of a massive asteroid or comet impact a billion years before any other known collision on Earth. The previously oldest known crater on Earth formed 2 billion years ... Read Post

Earth's oldest known impact crater found in Greenland

Academics / General Science : Science Daily (11 months ago)

Scientists in working in Western Greenland have found evidence of an asteroid or comet impact early in the Earth's history. At three billion years old, the crater is a billion years older than the previously oldest known crater. Read Post

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