阿爾伯特親王隕石坑

阿爾伯特親王隕石坑（Prince Albert Impact Crater）是一個位於加拿大西北地方，維多利亞島上可能存在的隕石坑，位於阿爾伯特親王半島[1]。該隕石坑直徑約25公里，於2010年被萨斯喀彻温大学地質學家布萊恩·帕萊特（Brian Pratt）和加拿大地質調查局地質學家凱斯·戴維（Keith Dewing）對維多利亞島進行航空調查時發現。阿爾伯特親王隕石坑大約於1.3到3.5億年前由一顆直徑約5公里隕石撞擊形成[2]。該隕石坑是加拿大第三十個被發現的隕石撞擊結構。

隕石坑

隕石坑在加拿大西北地區的位置[1]

參考資料

July 25, 2012. "Researchers discover new impact crater in the Arctic," WebCite的存檔，存档日期2013-02-19 University of Saskatchewan, Accessed 2012.08.09. NOTE: Geographic coordinates are in the comments section.
July 25, 2012. "Meteor crater: Huge hole 25 kilometres wide discovered in Arctic, but was it made by a meteorite?" （页面存档备份，存于） The Toronto Star, Accessed 2012.08.09

外部連結

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[U_of_S_Press_Release-1] July 25, 2012. "Researchers discover new impact crater in the Arctic," WebCite的存檔，存档日期2013-02-19 University of Saskatchewan, Accessed 2012.08.09. NOTE: Geographic coordinates are in the comments section.

[2] July 25, 2012. "Meteor crater: Huge hole 25 kilometres wide discovered in Arctic, but was it made by a meteorite?" （页面存档备份，存于） The Toronto Star, Accessed 2012.08.09