Published 2006 | Version v1
Conference paper

An Extended Field of Crater Structures in Egypt: Observations and Hypotheses

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We detected more than 1000 crater structures in the Western Egyptian Desert, distributed over 40000 km2, among which 62 were studied on the field. Two hypotheses are proposed for their origin: hydrothermal vent complexes or impact craters generated by a rubble-pile asteroid.

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https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00020426
URN
urn:oai:HAL:hal-00020426v1

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UNICA