Logoisk crater
Logoisk crater is a meteorite impact crater in Belarus near the city of Lahojsk.
  Logoisk crater Location of the crater in Belarus | |
| Impact crater/structure | |
|---|---|
| Confidence | Confirmed |
| Diameter | 15 kilometres (9 mi) |
| Age | Middle Eocene 42.3 ± 1.1 Ma |
| Exposed | No |
| Drilled | Yes |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 54°12′N 27°48′E |
| Country | Belarus |
| Municipality | Lahojsk |
It is 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) in diameter and the age is estimated to be 42.3 ± 1.1 million years (Eocene). The crater is not exposed at the surface.[1]
References
- "Logoisk". Earth Impact Database. Planetary and Space Science Centre University of New Brunswick Fredericton. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
Further reading
- Sherlock, S. C., Kelley, S. P. , Glazovkaya, L., A New Age for the Logoisk Impact Structure, Berlarus and Implications for the Late Eocene Comet Shower, First International Conference on Impact Cratering in the Solar System. 2006
- Glazovskaya, L. I., Impact transformation of the crystalline basement in the Logoisk astrobleme, Meteorite Impacts in Precambrian Shields. Programme and Abstracts, the 4th Workshop of the European Science Foundation IMpact Programme, Lappajarvi-Karikkoselka-Saaksjarvi, Finland, May 24–28, 2000. ed. J. Plado and L.J. Pesonen. 2000
- Masaitis V. L. et al., The Logoysk Astrobleme, 1984
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