The formation of peak rings in large impact craters

V. Morgan, Joanna; P. S. Gulick, Sean; Bralower, Timothy; Chenot, Elise; Christeson, Gail; Claeys, Philippe; Cockell, Charles; S. Collins, Gareth; J. L. Coolen, Marco; Ferrière, Ludovic; Gebhardt, Catalina; Goto, Kazuhisa; Jones, Heather; A. Kring, David; Le Ber, Erwan; Lofi, Johanna; Long, Xiao; Lowery, Christopher; Mellett, Claire; Ocampo-Torres, Rubén; R. Osinski, Gordon; Perez-Cruz, Ligia; Pickersgill, Annemarie; Poelchau, Michael; Rae, Auriol; Rasmussen, Cornelia; Rebolledo-Vieyra, Mario; Riller, Ulrich; Sato, Honami; R. Schmitt, Douglas; Smit, Jan; Tikoo, Sonia; Tomioka, Naotaka; Urrutia-Fucugauchi, Jaime; Whalen, Michael; Wittmann, Axel; E. Yamaguchi, Kosei; Zylberman, William

doi:10.1126/science.aah6561

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The formation of peak rings in large impact craters

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Authors:

Joanna V. Morgan

Sean P. S. Gulick

Timothy Bralower

Abstract

Drilling into Chicxulub's formation The Chicxulub impact crater, known for its link to the demise of the dinosaurs, also provides an opportunity to study rocks from a large impact structure. Large impact craters have “peak rings” that define a complex crater morphology. Morgan et al. looked at rocks...

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