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[[Image:Tenoumer x3.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Oblique [[Landsat]] image of Tenoumer crater draped over digital elevation model (x3 vertical exaggeration); screen capture from [[NASA World Wind]]]] |
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'''Tenoumer''' is an [[impact crater]] in [[Mauritania]].<ref>{{cite Earth Impact DB | name = Tenoumer| accessdate = 2009-08-16}}</ref> |
'''Tenoumer''' is considered to be an [[impact crater]] in [[Mauritania]].<ref>{{cite Earth Impact DB | name = Tenoumer| accessdate = 2009-08-16}}</ref> |
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==Details== |
==Details== |
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Revision as of 11:47, 16 August 2019
| Tenoumer crater | |
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  Tenoumer crater Asteroid impact location in Africa | |
| Impact crater/structure | |
| Confidence | Confirmed |
| Diameter | 1.9 km (1.2 mi) |
| Depth |
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| Age | 21,400 ± 9,700 |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 22°55′5″N 10°24′27″W / 22.91806°N 10.40750°W |
| Country | Mauritania |
Tenoumer is considered to be an impact crater in Mauritania.[1]
Details
The crater is located in the western Sahara Desert. It is 1.9 km (1.2 mi) in diameter and the age is estimated to be 21,400 ± 9,700 years old, placing it in the Pleistocene epoch.[2][3]
The crater is exposed at the surface and is nearly circular. Edges of the crater rise up to 110 m (360 ft) high above the base of the crater, but the bottom of the crater is covered with approximately 200 to 300 m (660 to 980 ft) thick layer of sediments.
Tenoumer crater has formed in gneiss and granite of Precambrian peneplain with a thin layer of Pliocene sediments (no older). The crater is believed to be caused by an impact event due to basement rocks found outside the crater. A volcanic origin was once theorized because of the discovery of basalt and rhyodacite outside of the crater basin, but current evidence clearly indicates an impact origin.
References
- ^ "Tenoumer". Earth Impact Database. Planetary and Space Science Centre University of New Brunswick Fredericton. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
- ^ Jaret, S. J.; Kah, L. C.; French, B. M. (2009). "40th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference" (PDF). Lunar and Planetary Institute.
{{cite web}}:|chapter=ignored (help) - ^ Storzer, D.; Selo, M.; Latouche, L.; Fabre, J. (2003). "The Age of Tenoumer Crater, Mauritania, Revisited" (PDF). XXXIV. Lunar and Planetary Institute.
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- Brügge, Norbert. "The "impact" craters of Mauritania: Aouelloul, Tenoumer, Temimichat and El Mrayer". Archived from the original on 2010-02-23.
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External links
- Nasa - Image of the Day February 17, 2008
- Meteorite impact structures
- Additional Images of Tenoumer crater
