MetSoc Meeting 2023 Los Angeles – two poster contributions

The Enigmatic Luzice (Czech Republic) Megablock and Melt Rock Megabreccia: Evidence of a Meteorite Impact Origin click PDF

Kord Ernstson, Jens Poßekel, Karel Ventura, and Martin Molnár

Abstract: We report an unusual polymict melt rock megabreccia in the form of an allochthonous non-volcanic megablock within the Tertiary volcanic province of the Bohemian Massif. It is considered a relict of a suspected low-altitude airburst impact.

The Canadian Earth Impact Database, Wikipedia and the Azuara and Rubielos de la Cérida (Spain) Impact Case click PDF

F.M. Claudin and K. Ernstson

Abstract: We report on the mid-Tertiary multiple Azuara impact event (Spain) with the Azuara impact structure and the Rubielos de la Cérida impact basin and the chequered history of their discovery and their place in impact research.