Impact Crater

GPTKB entity

Statements (44)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Geological Feature
gptkbp:ageRange Recent to Billions of Years
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Meteorite Crater
gptkbp:canBe Scientific Research
Complex Crater
Multi-ringed Basin
Simple Crater
Testing Equipment
Training Astronauts
gptkbp:canBeBuriedBy Sedimentation
gptkbp:canBeErodedBy Weathering
gptkbp:canBePreservedAs gptkb:nature_reserve
gptkbp:cause Mass Extinction
gptkbp:characterizedBy Central Peak (in large craters)
Circular Depression
Raised Rim
gptkbp:detects gptkb:Field_Studies
Satellite Imagery
Geophysical Surveys
gptkbp:diameter Meters to Hundreds of Kilometers
gptkbp:example gptkb:Barringer_Crater
Meteor Crater
Chicxulub Crater
Tycho Crater
Vredefort Crater
gptkbp:filling Water (forming lakes)
gptkbp:firstIdentifiedBy Eugene Shoemaker
gptkbp:formedBy Impact Event
gptkbp:foundIn gptkb:Earth
gptkb:Mars
gptkb:Mercury
gptkb:Moon
gptkb:Venus
Other Solar System Bodies
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Impact Crater
gptkbp:mayInclude gptkb:Tektites
Impact Melt
Shocked Quartz
gptkbp:studiedBy gptkb:Astrobiology
Planetary Geologists
Planetary History
Resource Exploration
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:planet_Tallon_IV
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6