Steen River (crater)

Coordinates: 59 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  N , 117 ° 38 ′ 0 ″  W.

Steen River

Location in Canada

Steen River is an impact crater in the Canadian province of Alberta .

The diameter of the crater is 25 kilometers, its age is estimated to be 91 ± 7 million years, that is, the impact took place in the Cretaceous period . The impact structure is not visible on the earth's surface.

See also

• List of impact craters on Earth

Individual evidence

1. ^ Steen River . In: Earth Impact Database . Retrieved May 4, 2014.

Web links

• Niccoli, M., Hildebrand, AR and Lawton DC (2005) "Seismic Velocity Study of the Rim Uplift of the Steen River Impact Crater" Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVI.