RELICS OF PALEOFLORA IN IMPACT MELT ROCKS OF THE EL’GYGYTGYN CRATER IN CHUKOTKA (RUSSIA)

• Date: 2019
• Main Authors: Gurov, Y.P., Permiakov, V.V.
• Format: Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Institute of Geological Sciences, NAS of Ukraine 2019
• Subjects: impact crater; shock melted rock; floral residues; cell tissue
• Online Access: http://geojournal.igs-nas.org.ua/article/view/169935
• Journal Title: Geological journal

Relics of paleoflora were discovered in impact melt rocks of the El’gygytgyn crater in Chukotka. The El’gygytgyn impact crater, 18 km in diameter and 3.6 Ma old, was formed in volcanic strata of the Ochotsk-Chukotka Volcanic Belt, north-eastern Russia. Impact rocks of the crater were preserved as re...