“FRIED EGG”: AN OCEANIC IMPACT CRATER IN THE MID-ATLANTIC?

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Dec 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009agufm.p43b1435d&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2009, abstract #P43B-1435

Physics

Geophysics

[0930] Exploration Geophysics / Oceanic Structures

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Analysis of a multibeam echosounder hydrographic survey performed in the Southern Azores Platform under the scope of the Portuguese Continental Shelf Project has revealed a large scale bathymetric structure nicknamed “Fried Egg” due to its well defined morphology. Laying at about 2km depth, this structure consists of a roughly circular 6km wide depression 110m below the surrounding ocean bottom, with a circular dome shaped central uplift 3km in diameter and with a base to top height of 300m. The associated backscatter signal presents a distinctive ring-like signature corresponding to the lower flank section of the dome, suggesting the outcrop of hard rock material. The remaining backscatter signal seems to correspond to widespread sediments. No lava flows are apparent either within the structure or on its surroundings. All these properties are compatible with the record of terrestrial impact craters, thus making of “Fried Egg” a potential oceanic impact crater.

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