The Largest Impact Crater on the Planet; Vredefort Crater in South Africa

The largest impact crater on the planet is not located in Mexico, but rather in South Africa. The crater in question is known as Vredefort Crater and measures 300 kilometers or 186 miles wide. It is associated with the largest platinum deposit on the planet. It formed as the result of a catastrophic impact 2.023 billion years ago. This video will discuss this massive impact crater and how it formed.

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0:00 Yucatan Impact Crater
0:54 Vast Platinum Deposit
1:10 Vredefort Crater
1:28 Geologic Setting
2:28 Crater Origin
4:00 Conclusion

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Citations:
[1] G. Collins & others, "A numerical assessment of simple airblast models of impact...", Meteoritics & Planetary Science, https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.12873 (2017), CC BY 4.0

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