Scientists close in on hidden Scottish meteorite crater
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Media captionDr Ken Amor: “This part of Scotland has undergone a complex geological history”
Scientists think the time has come for a full geophysical survey of The Minch, to see if the Scottish strait is hiding an ancient meteorite crater. Writing in the Journal of the Geological Society, Dr Ken Amor and colleagues say this location is centred about 15-20km west-northwest of Enard Bay – part way across The Minch towards Stornoway in the Outer Hebrides. Image copyright
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The way the rocks are laid out allows the team to trace back to an origin
The key supporting evidence is a group of reddish-coloured rocks on the eastern side of The Minch known as the Stac Fada deposit.
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