Shiva crater
Alleged impact crater west of India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Shiva crater is the claim by paleontologist Sankar Chatterjee[2] and colleagues that the Bombay High and Surat Depression on the Indian continental shelf west of Mumbai, India represent a 500-kilometre (310 mi) impact crater, that formed around the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary. Chatterjee and colleagues have claimed that this could have contributed to the K-Pg extinction event. Other scholars have questioned the claims, finding that there is no evidence of an impact structure.
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Shiva crater | |
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Impact crater/structure | |
Confidence | Dubious |
Diameter | 500 km (310 mi) |
Age | Claimed to be ~66 million years[1] Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary |
Exposed | No |
Drilled | No |
Location | |
Location | Mumbai Offshore Basin |
Coordinates | 18°40′N 70°14′E |
Country | India |
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