Open AccessA Giant Impact Triggered Earthquakes for Thousands of Years
Author(s) -
Katherine Kornei
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2022eo220066
Subject(s) - seismology , geology , geography
When an asteroid struck South Africa during the Precambrian, earthquakes rocked the region for millennia as Earth’s crust reequilibrated, new research reveals.