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Kaluga, buried beneath 800 m of middle, upper Devonian and lower Carboniferous rocks, is one of the most deeply buried impact structure yet known. It was discovered by geophysical observations and drilling and later recognized as an impact.
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Komatsu, G., Coletta, A., Battagliere, M.L., Virelli, M. (2019). Kaluga, Russia. 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_35
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