Lonar Impact Crater, India: the Best-Preserved Terrestrial Hypervelocity Impact Crater in a Basaltic Terrain as a Potential Global Geopark

• Published in: Geoheritage Vol. 14; no. 4
• Main Authors: R. Chandran, Saranya, James, S., Aswathi, J., Padmakumar, Devika, Kumar, R. B. Binoj, Chavan, Anil, Bhore, Vivek, Kajale, Krishna, Bhandari, Subhash, Sajinkumar, K. S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.12.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Anthropogenic factors; Basalt; Biogeosciences; Caves; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Flora; Geochemistry; Geology; Geomorphology; Historical Geology; Hydrology; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning; Mineralogy; Paleontology; Physical Geography; Review; Review Article; SWOT analysis; Wildlife; India; Deccan Basalt; Geoheritage; Impact crater; Astrobleme; Geopark; Lonar

  Lonar Impact Crater is a simple meteorite impact crater carved out on the ~ 65 Ma old Deccan tholeiitic flood basalts. The crater, though scoured in a basaltic terrain, is still preserved in its most pristine form, with a central crater lake. The geomorphology, geochemistry, geochronology, hydrolo...