Glasford crater

The Glasford crater is a buried impact crater in southern Peoria County, Illinois in the United States.[1]

It is 4 kilometers (2.5 mi) in diameter and the age is estimated to be less than 430 million years (Silurian or younger).

The Glasford crater was discovered by drilling wells for underground natural gas storage.[2]

References
  1. "Glasford". Earth Impact Database. Planetary and Space Science Centre University of New Brunswick Fredericton. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
  2. Meteorite Research - Progress Report Archived 2006-05-24 at the Wayback Machine, Research Subcommittee, Associate Committee on Meteorites, National Research Council of Canada, 1967

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