Search for Impact Craters in Ethiopia: No Meteorite Impact Structure At Shakiso

Authors: Abate B.¹; Koeberl C.²

Source: Earth, Moon, and Planets, Volume 76, Number 3, 1997 , pp. 147-155(9)

Publisher: Springer

Abstract:

Currently, 18 impact structures have been identified on the continent of Africa. No impact structures are so far known in Ethiopia, with the exception of a suggestion of an impact crater centered on the town of Shakiso, southern Ethiopia. Our field work, petrographic, and geochemical studies on rocks from the area do not show any evidence of an impact structure at that locality.

Language: English

Document Type: Regular paper

Affiliations: 1: Institute of Geochemistry, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, A-1090 Vienna, Austria 2: Correspondence author (christian.koeberl@univie.ac.at)

Publication date: 1997-01-01

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