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The Ames structure is an hidden crater located in northwestern Oklahoma (centered at about 36° 15′ N, 98° 12′ W) at 2.75 km below the surface on top of the Cambro–Ordovician Sylvan shale, which is overlain by Middle Ordovician Oil Creek Formation shale.
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Flamini, E., Coletta, A., Battagliere, M.L., Virelli, M. (2019). Ames, USA. In: Flamini, E., Di Martino, M., Coletta, A. (eds) Encyclopedic Atlas of Terrestrial Impact Craters. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05451-9_122
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