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Craters unchained

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Figure 1: Geological structures in the midwestern United States that can be attributed to impacts (stars) or to probable volcanic activity (circles).

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Melosh, H. Craters unchained. Nature 394, 221–223 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/28271

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