BP Structure
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The BP Structure, also known as Gebel Dalma, is an exposed impact crater
in Libya
. It is so called because it was identified by a BP
(then British Petroleum) geological survey team.
The crater is 2 km in diameter
and its age is estimated to be less than 120 million years (Lower Cretaceous or later).
Impact crater
In the broadest sense, the term impact crater can be applied to any depression, natural or manmade, resulting from the high velocity impact of a projectile with a larger body...
in Libya
Libya
Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
. It is so called because it was identified by a BP
BP
BP p.l.c. is a global oil and gas company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest energy company and fourth-largest company in the world measured by revenues and one of the six oil and gas "supermajors"...
(then British Petroleum) geological survey team.
The crater is 2 km in diameter
Diameter
In geometry, a diameter of a circle is any straight line segment that passes through the center of the circle and whose endpoints are on the circle. The diameters are the longest chords of the circle...
and its age is estimated to be less than 120 million years (Lower Cretaceous or later).