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ey0016.14-7 | (1) | ESPEYB16

14.7. A large impact crater beneath Hiawatha Glacier in northwest Greenland

Kjaer Kurt H. , Larsen Nicolaj K. , Binder Tobias , Bjork Anders A. , Eisen Olaf , Fahnestock Mark A. , Funder Svend , Garde Adam A. , Haack Henning , Helm Veit , Houmark-Nielsen Michael , Kjeldsen Kristian K. , Khan Shfaqat A. , Machguth Horst , McDonald Iain , Morlighem Mathieu , Mouginot Jeremie , Paden John D. , Waight Tod E. , Weikusat Christian , Willerslev Eske , MacGregor Joseph A.

To read the full abstract: Sci Adv. 2018 Nov 14;4(11):eaar8173The discovery of a 31-kilometer-wide impact crater in northwest Greenland, beneath up to a kilometer of ice, implies an instantly vaporizing rock that sent shock waves across the Arctic. Its impact must have had a powerful effect on global climate; a thousand-year global cooling event.You may be...