Open AccessAn Asteroid “Double Disaster” Struck Germany in the Miocene
Author(s) -
Katherine Kornei
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2021eo153831
Subject(s) - asteroid , astrobiology , geology , paleontology , geography , physics
By analyzing sediments jostled by ground shaking, researchers have shown that two impact craters near Stuttgart were created by independent asteroid impacts rather than a binary asteroid strike.