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BP Structure

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Short description: Exposed impact crater in Libya
BP Structure
Gebel Dalma
Landsat image of the BP structure; screen capture from NASA World Wind
Impact crater/structure
ConfidenceConfirmed
Diameter2 kilometres (1.2 mi)
Age<120 Ma
ExposedYes
DrilledNo
Location
CountryLibya
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Oblique Landsat image of BP crater draped over digital elevation model (x5 vertical exaggeration); screen capture from NASA World Wind

The BP Structure, also known as Gebel Dalma, is an exposed impact crater in Libya. It is so called because it was identified by a BP (then British Petroleum) geological survey team.[1]

French et al. state that the BP Structure and the larger Oasis crater, about 88 km (55 mi) to the south, were probably simultaneous impacts.[2] Both impacts deform the Nubian Sandstone of early Cretaceous age.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "BP". Earth Impact Database. Planetary and Space Science Centre University of New Brunswick Fredericton. http://www.passc.net/EarthImpactDatabase/New%20website_05-2018/bpstructure.html. Retrieved 2009-08-12. 
  2. ↑ BEVAN M. FRENCH, JAMES R. UNDERWOOD, EDWARD P. FISK; Shock-Metamorphic Features in Two Meteorite Impact Structures, Southeastern Libya. GSA Bulletin 1974;; 85 (9): 1425–1428. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1974)85<1425:SFITMI>2.0.CO;2

[ ⚑ ] 25°19′10″N 24°18′34″E / 25.31944°N 24.30944°E / 25.31944; 24.30944




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