Luminescence dating of the Wabar meteorite craters, Saudi Arabia
- 21 January 2004
- journal article
- Published by American Geophysical Union (AGU) in Journal of Geophysical Research
- Vol. 109 (E1)
- https://doi.org/10.1029/2003je002136
Abstract
Luminescence dating has been used to find the age of meteorite impact craters at Wabar (Al Hadida) in Saudi Arabia. The luminescence characteristics of the shocked material were determined. Using a variety of luminescence dating techniques applied to impactite formed by the meteorite, and to the underlying sand, the age is found to be 290 ± 38 years. A comparison is made with two possible historically recorded ages. An impact as young as this has implications for the assessment of hazards from the impact on Earth of small meteorites.Keywords
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