Crooked Creek crater
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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 Crawford County, Missouri
Crawford County, Missouri
-State:In the Missouri House of Representatives, most of Crawford County is included within the 150th Legislative District and is currently represented by State Representative Jason T. Smith . In 2008, Smith defeated Democratic challenger James D. Ellis 69.97-30.03 percent; the Crawford County...
, United States.
It is 7 km in diameter and the age is estimated to be 320 ± 80 million years (Mississippian). The crater is exposed to the surface.
This is one of the 38th parallel structures
38th parallel structures
The 38th parallel structures, also known as the 38th parallel lineament, are a series of circular depressions or deformations stretching 700 km across southern Illinois and Missouri into eastern Kansas at a latitude of roughly 38 degrees north.Rampino and Volk postulated that these...
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