BP Structure

Short description: Exposed impact crater in Libya

BP StructureGebel Dalma

Landsat image of the BP structure; screen capture from NASA World Wind

Impact crater/structure
Confidence| Confirmed
Diameter| 2 kilometres (1.2 mi)
Age| <120 Ma
Exposed| Yes
Drilled| No
Location
Country| Libya
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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

* Silverpit crater

## References

1. ↑ "BP". Earth Impact Database. Planetary and Space Science Centre University of New Brunswick Fredericton. http://www.passc.net/EarthImpactDatabase/New website_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

## External links

* Anonymous (nd) Africa (Impact Craters), Earth Impact Database, Planetary and Space Science Centre, University of New Brunswick, New Brunswick, Canada.

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