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DOI	10.1016/j.crte.2004.09.010
	Discovery of the largest impact crater field on Earth the Gilf Kebir region, Egypt
	Paillou, P; El Barkooky, A; Barakat, A; Malezieux, JM; Reynard, B; Dejax, J; Heggy, E
通讯作者	Paillou, P
来源期刊	COMPTES RENDUS GEOSCIENCE
ISSN	1631-0713
EISSN	1778-7025
出版年	2004
卷号	336 期号:16 页码:1491-1500
英文摘要	Using orbital imaging radar, we have detected a large number of circular structures in the southwestern Egyptian desert, covering more than 4500 km(2) close to the Gilf Kebir plateau in sandstones of Upper Cretaceous. Fieldwork confirmed that it is a new impact crater field: 13 craters from 20 m to 1 km in diameter were studied. The impact origin is confirmed by the observation of shock-related structures, such as shatter cones and planar fractures in quartz grains of breccia. Considering the extension of the crater field, it was possibly created by several meteorites that broke up when entering the atmosphere. To cite this article: P Paillou et al., C R. Geoscience 336 (2004). (C) 2004 Academie des sciences. Published by Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved.
英文关键词	impact crater field Egypt radar Gilf Kebir
类型	Article
语种	英语
国家	France ; Egypt ; USA
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000227116600010
WOS关键词	METEORITE CRATERS ; SIRENTE CRATER ; SAUDI-ARABIA ; ARGENTINA ; BREAKUP ; ORIGIN
WOS类目	Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS研究方向	Geology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/146517
作者单位	(1)Observ Aquitain Sci Univers, UMR 5804, F-33270 Floirac, France;(2)Cairo Univ, Dept Geol, Giza, Egypt;(3)Egyptian Geol Survey & Min Author, Cairo, Egypt;(4)Univ Bordeaux 3, Inst Environm Geo Ingn Imagerie & Dev, EGID, F-33607 Pessac, France;(5)Ecole Normale Super Lyon, UMR 5570, Lab Sci Terre, F-69364 Lyon 07, France;(6)Museum Natl Hist Nat, Dept Histoire Terre, UMR 5143, F-75005 Paris, France;(7)Lunar & Planetary Inst, Houston, TX 77058 USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Paillou, P,El Barkooky, A,Barakat, A,et al. Discovery of the largest impact crater field on Earth the Gilf Kebir region, Egypt[J],2004,336(16):1491-1500.
APA	Paillou, P.,El Barkooky, A.,Barakat, A.,Malezieux, JM.,Reynard, B.,...&Heggy, E.(2004).Discovery of the largest impact crater field on Earth the Gilf Kebir region, Egypt.COMPTES RENDUS GEOSCIENCE,336(16),1491-1500.
MLA	Paillou, P,et al."Discovery of the largest impact crater field on Earth the Gilf Kebir region, Egypt".COMPTES RENDUS GEOSCIENCE 336.16(2004):1491-1500.