An Impact Crater Chain in Northern Spain:

So heißt der Titel eines Artikels, der in METEORITE, The International Quarterly of Meteorites and Meteorite Science, erschienen ist. Für die Leser von METEORITE (aber auch für andere) zeigen wir die SW-Abbildungen des Artikels hier original in Farbe.

 


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).


Fig. 3. Photomicrograph of strongly shocked quartz from the Rubielos de la Cérida basin.


Fig. 4. Part of the central uplift chain emerging from the
Rubielos de la Cérida impact basin.


Fig. 5. The crater rim in the southern part of the impact chain.


Fig. 6. Megabreccia and polished friction plane in the southern part of the central-uplift chain.


Fig. 7. Impact breccia (suevite) exposed in the southern part of the central-uplift chain.


Fig. 8. Probable impact ejecta near Peñacerrada (location B in Fig. 1).