BP Structure
Landsat image of the BP structure; screen capture from NASA World Wind
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]
The crater is 2 km in diameter and its age is estimated to be less than 120 million years (Lower Cretaceous or later).
See also
- Silverpit crater, another crater discovered by BP.
References
- ↑ "BP". Earth Impact Database. University of New Brunswick. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
External links
- Anonymous (nd) Africa (Impact Craters), Earth Impact Database, Planetary and Space Science Centre, University of New Brunswick, New Brunswick, Canada.
Coordinates: 25°19′10″N 24°18′34″E / 25.31944°N 24.30944°E
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, March 07, 2013. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.