Sudbury Basin meteorite impact
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
meteorite impact event
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| gptkbp:age |
gptkb:Paleoproterozoic_Era
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| gptkbp:crater_depth |
about 15 km (originally)
|
| gptkbp:created |
gptkb:Sudbury_Basin
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| gptkbp:date |
about 1.849 billion years ago
|
| gptkbp:diameter |
about 130 km
|
| gptkbp:economicImportance |
major mining region
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| gptkbp:evidence |
shatter cones
impact melt rocks breccias |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Sudbury Basin meteorite impact
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| gptkbp:impactor_estimated_diameter |
10–15 km
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| gptkbp:impactor_type |
asteroid or comet
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| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Ontario gptkb:Sudbury_Basin |
| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:Onaping_Formation
gptkb:Sudbury_Igneous_Complex |
| gptkbp:resultedIn |
nickel, copper, platinum group metals deposits
|
| gptkbp:significance |
one of the largest known impact events on Earth
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| gptkbp:studiedBy |
geologists
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Sudbury,_Ontario,_Canada
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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