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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:event
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gptkbp:calderaDiameter
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about 130 km
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gptkbp:coordinates
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46.6°N 81.2°W
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:Canada
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gptkbp:currentRemnant
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gptkb:Sudbury_Basin
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gptkbp:date
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about 1.849 billion years ago
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gptkbp:economicImportance
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major mining district
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gptkbp:evidence
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shatter cones
impact melt rocks
breccias
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gptkbp:geologicalAge
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gptkb:Paleoproterozoic_Era
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gptkbp:hasCrater
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multi-ring impact basin
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gptkbp:hasResource
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gptkb:gold
copper
silver
cobalt
nickel
platinum group metals
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Sudbury impact event
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gptkbp:impactorDiameter
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about 10–15 km
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gptkbp:impactorType
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asteroid or comet
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gptkbp:namedAfter
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gptkb:Greater_Sudbury
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gptkbp:occurredIn
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gptkb:Sudbury_Basin
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gptkbp:province
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gptkb:Ontario
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Chicxulub_impact_event
gptkb:Vredefort_impact_structure
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gptkbp:resultedIn
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gptkb:Sudbury_Basin
nickel-copper-platinum group metal deposits
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gptkbp:significance
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one of the largest known impact events on Earth
created one of the world's largest impact structures
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gptkbp:studiedBy
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geologists
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Onaping_Formation
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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