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The Popigai impact crater is located on the northern margin of the Anabar shield in Russia, where dolomites, quartzites, sandstones, and siltstones overlie the basement gneisses, and with its 90 km of diameter, it is the country’s largest impact structure.
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Komatsu, G., Coletta, A., Battagliere, M.L., Virelli, M. (2019). Popigai, 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_45
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