michel wrote: >I was wandering what is the minimum size of terrestrial impact crater >that show a central uplift.
Hola Michel, Would that be the B.P. Structure in Libya? It is around 2 km in diameter, but relatively older than the other nicely formed craters like Meteor Crater... Perhaps in the Libyan-Argelian environment, it could be pushed a bit lower than 2km in diameter, especially with an energetic iron impactor to form a complex (central-uplifted) crater, though the physicists might place a theoretical limit on this taking into consideration the properties of the ground zero and the value gravity on Earth. The greater the gravity the more likely a complex crater, so Earth ought to have the smallest diameter complex craters in the known Solar System without having to wade through the clouds of gas giants to see if a stable surface could be found with craters. Saludos, Doug ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
