Earth’s ‘oldest’ impact crater is much younger than previously thought – new study Aaron Cavosie and Alec Brenner, The Conversation, July 9, 2025, https://theconversation.com/earths-oldest-impact-crater-is-much-younger-than-previously-thought-new-study-259803
Note: “impact structure" is the correct terminology as the crater has long since destroyed by erosion and tectonics. The open access papers are: Kirkland, Christopher L.; Johnson, Tim E.; Kaempf, Jonas; Ribeiro, Bruno V.; Zametzer, Andreas; Smithies, R. Hugh; McDonald, Brad (6 March 2025). "A Paleoarchaean impact crater in the Pilbara Craton, Western Australia". Nature Communications. 16 (1): 2224. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 11885519. PMID 40050265. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-57558-3 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11885519/ Brenner, Alec R.; Cavosie, Aaron J.; Palma-Gomez, Jasmine; Li, Joanna; Kingsbury Lee, Sophie-An; Fu, Roger R. (11 July 2025). "Geology and Mars analog potential of the <2.7-billion-year-old Miralga impact structure, North Pole Dome, Pilbara Craton, Australia". Science Advances. 11 (28). https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adu5379 Yours, Paul H. ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] https://pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
