Kursk crater
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Kursk is an impact crater
in Russia.
It is 6 km in diameter and the age is estimated to be 250 ± 80 million years old (Late Permian
or Early Triassic
). The crater is not exposed to the surface.
Impact crater
In the broadest sense, the term impact crater can be applied to any depression, natural or manmade, resulting from the high velocity impact of a projectile with a larger body...
in Russia.
It is 6 km in diameter and the age is estimated to be 250 ± 80 million years old (Late Permian
Permian
The PermianThe term "Permian" was introduced into geology in 1841 by Sir Sir R. I. Murchison, president of the Geological Society of London, who identified typical strata in extensive Russian explorations undertaken with Edouard de Verneuil; Murchison asserted in 1841 that he named his "Permian...
or Early Triassic
Triassic
The Triassic is a geologic period and system that extends from about 250 to 200 Mya . As the first period of the Mesozoic Era, the Triassic follows the Permian and is followed by the Jurassic. Both the start and end of the Triassic are marked by major extinction events...
). The crater is not exposed to the surface.