Petrography and geochemistry of the impact to post-impact transition layer at the El'gygtgyn impact structure in Chukotka, arctic Russia

The 3.6 Ma old impact structure El’gygytgyn, located in north-east Chukotka in arctic Russia, was formed mostly in acidic volcanic rocks. The 18 km in diameter circular depression is filled with Lake El’gygytgyn (with a diameter of 12 km) that contains a continuous record of lacustrine sediments of...

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Main Author: Maierhofer, Karin
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: (:none) 2018
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.25365/thesis.51469
https://othes.univie.ac.at/51469/