Australasian impact crater buried under the Bolaven volcanic field, Southern Laos

• Main Authors: Sieh, Kerry, Herrin, Jason, Jicha, Brian, Schonwalder Angel, Dayana, Moore, James Daniel Paul, Banerjee, Paramesh, Wiwegwin, Weerachat, Sihavong, Vanpheng, Singer, Brad, Chualaowanich, Tawachai, Charusiri, Punya
• Other Authors: Earth Observatory of Singapore
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Science::Geology; Impact Crater; Australasian; Laos; Tektites
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/153327
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The crater and proximal effects of the largest known young meteorite impact on Earth have eluded discovery for nearly a century. We present 4 lines of evidence that the 0.79-Ma impact crater of the Australasian tektites lies buried beneath lavas of a long-lived, 910-km3 volcanic field in Southern La...