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The buried Mjølnir crater in the Barents Sea (Figs. 1.8 and 1.10) classifies as a complex impact structure with a central peak and an initially subtle peak ring (Gudlaugsson 1993; Dypvik et al. 1996, 2004b; Tsikalas et al. 1999). The Mjølnir bolide hit the paleo-Barents Sea (˜400–500 m water-depth at the time of impact) at an impact angle of 45° from a SW-SSW direction (Tsikalas ). The crater later underwent collapse, leveling by erosion and redepostion and burial (Smelror et al. ; Tsikalas et al. 2002b). Due to post-impact Cenozoic uplift and erosion the central peak is presently found a few tens of meters below the seafloor.
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Gabrielsen, R.H., Dypvik, H., Shuvalov, V. (2010). Structural Analysis of Deformed Central Peak Sediments. In: Tsikalas, F., Dypvik, H., Smelror, M. (eds) The Mjølnir Impact Event and its Consequences. Impact Studies. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-88260-2_8
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