Rotmistrivka crater explained

Smila

Rotmistrivka crater
Confidence:Confirmed
Age:120 ± 10 Ma
Exposed:No
Drilled:Yes
Country:Ukraine
District:Smila
Municipality:Rotmistrivka

Rotmistrivka is an impact crater in Ukraine (Cherkasy Oblast) which is Located near the village Rotmistrivka of Smila district.

The crater is in diameter, with an age estimated at 120 ± 10 million years (Lower Cretaceous). It is not exposed to the surface, being buried beneath continental and marine sedimentary deposits. The crater contains a brecciated lens of granite fragments and particles of impact glass, overlain by shales, limestones and granite-derived sandstones of lower Cretaceous age.[1]

References

49.1472°N 31.7083°W

Notes and References

  1. Rotmistrovka. 2009-08-16.