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Richat Structure, a Cretaceous Alkaline Complex

Asfawossen Asrat, Michel Jébrak, 2022. IUGS International Commission on Geoheritage.

The IUGS geological heritage site entry: a slightly elliptical depression about 40 km across in the north-west of the Taoudeni basin on the Adrar plateaus, a magmatic concentric alkaline complex whose impact origin has been disproved.

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Cited for the IUGS geological heritage listing and its summary of the structure's setting, size and origin.

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Asrat, A., & Jébrak, M. (2022). Richat Structure, a Cretaceous Alkaline Complex. IUGS International Commission on Geoheritage. https://iugs-geoheritage.org/geoheritage_sites/richat-structure-a-cretaceous-alkaline-complex/
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