An Impact Crater Chain in Northern Spain:
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This is the title of an article only recently published in
METEORITE, The International Quarterly of Meteorites and Meteorite Science
For the readers of METEORITE (and others), the black-and-whites of the article are shown here as original color prints.
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Fig. 1. Location map for the Azuara - Rubielos
de la Cérida impact crater chain (frame in
Fig. 2) and suspected impact locations (A, B, C). |
Fig. 2. The topography of the Azuara/Rubielos
de la Cérida crater chain (from the digital map
of Spain, 1 : 250,000; provided by Manuel Cabedo).
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 Fig. 3. Photomicrograph of strongly shocked
quartz from the Rubielos de la Cérida basin.
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Fig. 4. Part of the central uplift chain emerging from the Rubielos de la Cérida impact basin.
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Fig. 5. The crater rim in the southern
part of the impact chain.
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Fig. 6. Megabreccia and polished friction plane
in the southern part of the central-uplift chain.
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Fig. 7. Impact breccia (suevite) exposed in
the southern part of the central-uplift chain.
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Fig. 8. Probable impact ejecta near
Peñacerrada (location B in Fig. 1).
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