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Impact-derived features of the Xiuyan meteorite crater

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Up to now, 176 meteorite impact craters have been found on the Earth. Among these craters, none of them lies in China. The Xiuyan crater is located in the Liaodong Peninsula of China. This bowl-shaped crater has a diameter of 1.8 km and depth of about 150 m. The impact-derived features include planar deformation features (PDFs) in quartz, shatter cones, impact breccia, and radial valleys on the wall of rim. It is the first confirmed meteorite impact crater in China.

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Supported by President Foundation of Chinese Academy of Sciences (2007), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 40672035)

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Chen, M. Impact-derived features of the Xiuyan meteorite crater. Chin. Sci. Bull. 53, 392–395 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11434-008-0004-3

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