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Wetumpka is a meteorite impact structure near the city of Wetumpka in Alabama, United States. The impact struck a shallow marine environment during the Late Cretaceous, producing a structure about six kilometers wide with a central uplift and surviving rim-related rocks. Its exposed geological features make it an important site for studying how an impact deformed coastal sediments and crystalline basement in a marine setting.
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Where is the Wetumpka impact crater?
Wetumpka is near the city of Wetumpka in Alabama, United States. The structure formed in what was a shallow marine environment during the Late Cretaceous.
How large is the Wetumpka impact crater?
The structure is about 6 kilometres wide. Its geology includes a central uplift and rim-related rocks that survived later erosion.
Was Wetumpka crater formed on land?
No. The impact occurred in a shallow sea, when the Wetumpka area was covered by marine water. That history explains why marine rocks and impact features occur together at the site.
What evidence proves Wetumpka was an impact structure?
Researchers identified impact breccia, which consists of rock fragments broken and fused during the impact explosion. Research published in 2002 helped establish Wetumpka as an impact crater.
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