Glasford crater

The Glasford crater is a buried meteorite crater in southern Peoria County, Illinois in the United States.

It is 4 kilometres (2.5mi) in diameter and the age is estimated to be less than 430 million years (Silurian or younger).

The Glasford crater was discovered by drilling wells for underground natural gas storage. [ [http://www.usask.ca/psychology/sarty/miacCD1/Other_old/research-report67.htm Meteorite Research - Progress Report] , Research Subcommittee, Associate Committee on Meteorites, National Research Council of Canada, 1967]

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