[meteorite-list] The Jinlin crater, a proposed Holocene impact crater in China
Paul
etchplain at att.net
Thu Nov 13 19:33:01 EST 2025
The Jinlin crater is 900 meters in diameter and dates to Earth’s current geological epoch.
AIP Publishing, From the Journal: Matter and Radiation at Extremes
https://publishing.aip.org/publications/latest-content/earths-largest-modern-crater-discovered-in-southern-china/
Earth's largest modern craterdiscovered in Southern China by American Institute of Physics
https://phys.org/news/2025-11-earth-largest-modern-crater-southern.html
The open access paper is:
Chen, M., Tan, D., Yang, W., Mao, H.K., Xie, X., Yin, F. and Shu, J., 2025. Jinlin crater,
Guangdong Province, China: Impact origin confirmed. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 11(1).
https://pubs.aip.org/aip/mre/article/11/1/013001/3367917
Yours,
Paul H.
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