Word of the Day

Astrobleme:

Many impact craters have been found in the last half century. By studying their chemical composition as well as those of the scars known as astroblemes – the mostly destroyed craters that still leave identifiable impressions – we can begin to fill in our planet’s visitor record. The guestbook is the Earth Impact Database. [Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs, Lisa Randall,  p160.]

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