Open AccessGlassy Nodules Pinpoint a Meteorite Impact
Author(s) -
Katherine Kornei
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2021eo161560
Subject(s) - meteorite , astrobiology , materials science , physics
Researchers working in Chile’s Atacama Desert have collected thousands of “atacamaites” that suggest a meteorite struck the region roughly 8 million years ago.