Earth's Largest Modern Crater Discovered in Southern China
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A new large impact crater was discovered in Southern China, sparking discussion about the use of Lidar technology in finding similar craters and the likelihood of other craters existing, particularly underwater.
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I’m assuming Lidar could find more of these, like it could find more of the Aztec cities.
Proportionally far more would land, at sea. Some in shallow waters would leave caters, but deeper there should just be meteorite fragments; I’ll have to look that up.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_impact_structures_on_E...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgaranga_crater