The first description and confirmation of the Vista Alegre impact structure in the Paraná flood basalts of southern Brazil

• Published in: Meteoritics & Planetary Science
• Main Authors: CRÓSTA, Alvaro P., KOEBERL, Christian, FURUIE, Rafael A., KAZZUO‐VIEIRA, Cesar
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2010
• Subjects: Alegre; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2010.01015.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1945-5100.2010.01015.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2010.01015.x

Abstract– The Vista Alegre structure, centered at 25°57′S and 52°41′W, has been recently proposed as a meteorite impact structure. The 9.5 km‐diameter structure is located in the Paraná state of southern Brazil, within the Paraná Basin, which contains one of the largest and most extensive flood basa...