Abstract
INTRODUCTION
The Mjølnir impact structure is a 40 km in diameter crater, localized on the Bjarmeland Platfrom in the Barents Sea below 350 m of water and 50 to 150 m of post-impact sediments. The impact happened close to the Jurassic/Cretaceous boundary (about 142 million years ago), in a time when a wide, shallow (300- 400m deep) epicontinental sea covered the area [1,2,3]. The Mjølnir crater is presently situated between Bear Island and the mainland Norway. It is one of few, large marine impact structures on the Earth and one of the very few were crater and proximal ejec- ta can be correlated [4].
The Mjølnir impact structure is a 40 km in diameter crater, localized on the Bjarmeland Platfrom in the Barents Sea below 350 m of water and 50 to 150 m of post-impact sediments. The impact happened close to the Jurassic/Cretaceous boundary (about 142 million years ago), in a time when a wide, shallow (300- 400m deep) epicontinental sea covered the area [1,2,3]. The Mjølnir crater is presently situated between Bear Island and the mainland Norway. It is one of few, large marine impact structures on the Earth and one of the very few were crater and proximal ejec- ta can be correlated [4].
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, |
| Volume | 41 |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 |
| Event | Unknown - Duration: 1 Jan 2010 → … |
Publication series
| Name | Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, |
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| Number | 1086 |
Conference
| Conference | Unknown |
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| Period | 1/01/10 → … |
Keywords
- Crater
- Deep drilling