Hummeln structure
{{Infobox terrestrial impact site
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| confidence = Confirmed
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| age = 443-470 Ma
Ordovician
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| bolide = Chondrite
Ordovician meteor event?
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The Hummeln structure was confirmed, in 2015, as an impact crater in Småland province, Sweden.{{cite Earth Impact DB | name = Hummeln | accessdate = 2016-05-25}} It is a {{convert|1.2|km|mi}} wide depression within Lake Hummeln and is estimated to have formed between 470 and 443 Ma ago, during the Ordovician.
Description
The depression was first described in 1826 but was considered to be the result of volcanism or tectonics.L. Ferrière, C. Alwmark, S. Holm-Alwmark, J. Ormö, H. Leroux, and E. Sturkell (2015). [http://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2015/pdf/1758.pdf The Hummeln Structure (Sweden) – Impact Origin Confirmed And Its Link To The L-Chondrite Parent Body Break-Up Event], 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference In the 1960s, mapping of the lake topography gave the first hints of an impact event. More conclusive evidence was found recently when scientists from Lund University, while trying to get to nearby Siljan crater, found shocked quartz around the lake.Daniel Kelly (2015). [http://www.lakescientist.com/space-rock-created-swedens-hummeln-lake/ Space Rock Created Sweden’s Hummeln Lake], Lake Scientist, Mar 2015. Further investigation led to more details such as breccia that firmly established the structure's impact nature.
It has also been suggested that this structure, the nearby Granby crater, and other coeval small craters in Baltoscandia may be connected to the Ordovician meteor event of 470 Ma.
See also
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Category:Ordovician impact craters
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