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"impact crater" is a correct and commonly used term in written English.
You can use it when referring to an area of ground that has been created by an impact from a meteor, comet, or other celestial body. Example sentence: Scientists believe an impact crater was the cause of the massive earthquake that occurred in the region.
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impact crater
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A crater formed from an impact, typically of a meteorite, as opposed to one formed by other means such as vulcanism.
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The Ries impact crater.
Chicxulub: Drilling the K-Pg Impact Crater.
The images revealed all the hallmarks of an impact crater.
The K-T impact crater has now been found.
His discovery of coesite, which became a standard sign of an impact crater, sealed the debate.
It constitutes a classic example of a relatively young, well-preserved lunar impact crater.
For this discussion, the term meteorite crater is considered to be synonymous with impact crater.
And scientists in Egypt never found an impact crater and a nearby lode of meteorites.
Although little studied, it is considered an impact crater because of its size.
That was not unexpected for a rim of an impact crater.
Blanketing by impact crater ejecta and by volcanic ash are examples of this mechanism.
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