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CRATERE METEORITE [1 record]

Record 1 2017-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Astronomy
DEF

An impact crater on the surface of the earth or of a celestial body caused by a meteorite ...

CONT

... a meteorite crater can be defined as any structure now at or near the surface containing evidence of a shock-producing impact in which the disturbance by deformation and fragmentation of rock or soil is generally circular in outline (plan) and dies out rapidly in intensity upon reaching diameter-to-depth ratios of three to one or greater ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Astronomie
DEF

Dépression creusée à la surface d'un astre [...] par une météorite.

OBS

Les cratères météoritiques sont de deux sortes : les cratères d'impact et les cratères d'explosion.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
  • Astronomía
DEF

Cráter producido por el impacto de un meteorito al chocar con la superficie de un planeta o satélite.

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