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Evidence that Lake Cheko is not an impact crater

G. S. Collins, N. Artemieva, K. Wünnemann et al., 2008. Terra Nova 20(2), 165–168.

Argues the lake is not crater-like, has no impactor material, and has mature trees close by apparently unaffected, and that a fragment would need 10–40 MPa tensile strength to reach the ground intact, 10–100 times more than large stony meteorites show.

MYS0D4EC45R6CFX · mystery · click to copyM1908 Tunguska eventArticledoi: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2008.00791.xChecked against the original0

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The case against the crater reading.

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Collins, G. S., Artemieva, N., Wünnemann, K., Bland, P. A., Reimold, W. U., & Koeberl, C. (2008). Evidence that Lake Cheko is not an impact crater. Terra Nova 20(2), 165–168. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3121.2008.00791.x
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