[Rockhounds] Libyan Desert Glass associated with shocked quartz (Open Access paper)

[Paul]

Koeberl, C. and Ferri??re, L., 2019. Libyan Desert Glass
area in western Egypt: Shocked quartz in bedrock points
to a possible deeply eroded impact structure in the region.
Meteoritics & Planetary Science. (Open Access paper)
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/maps.13250

"We interpret these observations to indicate that there
was a physical impact event, not just an airburst, and
that the crater has been almost completely eroded
since its formation."

Yours,

Paul H.