Scientists discover giant impact crater buried under Greenland ice
Scientists have discovered the existence of a giant impact crater buried under the Greenland ice.
An international team of researchers, including a NASA glaciologist, has discovered a large meteorite impact crater hiding beneath more than a half-mile of ice in northwest Greenland. The crater — the first of any size found under the Greenland ice sheet — is one of the 25 largest impact craters on Earth, measuring roughly 1,000 feet deep and more than 19 miles in diameter, an area slightly larger than that inside Washington’s Capital Beltway.
They think, based on the data, that this crater is very young, one of the youngest known on Earth. At the most is is no more than 3 million years old.
Scientists have discovered the existence of a giant impact crater buried under the Greenland ice.
An international team of researchers, including a NASA glaciologist, has discovered a large meteorite impact crater hiding beneath more than a half-mile of ice in northwest Greenland. The crater — the first of any size found under the Greenland ice sheet — is one of the 25 largest impact craters on Earth, measuring roughly 1,000 feet deep and more than 19 miles in diameter, an area slightly larger than that inside Washington’s Capital Beltway.
They think, based on the data, that this crater is very young, one of the youngest known on Earth. At the most is is no more than 3 million years old.