Amguid crater
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Template:Short description Template:Infobox terrestrial impact site Amguid is a meteorite crater in Algeria.[1]
It is approximately Script error: No such module "convert". in diameter,[2] approximately 65 m deep and the age is estimated to be less than 100,000 years and is probably Pleistocene. The crater is exposed at the surface.
The crater was discovered by Europeans in 1948[2] and the first scientific description was made by Jean-Phillippe Lefranc in 1969.
See also
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References
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- ↑ Template:Cite Earth Impact DB
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Further reading
- Koeberl, C., African meteorite impact craters: Characteristics and geological importance. Journal of African Earth Sciences, v. 18, pp. 263–295. 1994
- Lambert, P., McHone, J.F. Jr., Dietz, R.S. and Houfani, M., Impact and impact-like structures in Algeria. Part I. Four bowl-shaped depressions. Meteoritics, v. 15, pp. 157–179. 1980
- Lefranc, J. -P., Exploration of a meteorite crater at Amguid ( Mouydir, central Sahara). Académie des Sciences, Paris, Comptes Rendus, Série D, v. 268, pp. 900–902. 1969
- McHone, J. F. Jr., Lambert, P., Dietz, R.S. and Briedj, M., Impact structures in Algeria (abstract). Meteoritics, v. 15, pp. 331–332. 1980