impact basin
collocation in Englishmeaningsofimpactandbasin
These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withbasinorimpact.
impact
noun[C usually singular, U]
uk/ˈɪm.pækt/us/ˈɪm.pækt/
the force or action of one object ...
See more atimpact
basin
noun[C]
uk/ˈbeɪ.sən/us/ˈbeɪ.sən/
mainly UK
an open, round container shaped like a bowl with sloping sides, used for holding food ...
See more atbasin
(Definition ofimpactandbasinfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofimpact basin
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Chicxulub multiringimpactbasin: size and other characteristics derived from gravity analysis.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Both valleys radiate away from theimpactbasinto the north.
From This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Wikipedia
Herschel is 300 kilometers wide, so large that it is properly considered animpactbasin.
From This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Wikipedia
The movement of tectonic plates, perhaps influenced by a nearbyimpactbasin, could have opened a gap through which the mountain's material upwelled.
From This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Wikipedia
Though the simplest type of drop structure, it is highest in maintenance needs and less safe, with most problems related to theimpactbasin.
From This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Wikipedia
Vesta, at 530 km and 2.6 kg, deviates from an ellipsoid shape primarily due to a largeimpactbasinat its pole.
From This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Wikipedia
However, it is clearly centered within a largeimpactbasin.
From This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Wikipedia
We can not, however, determine whether most lineaments are internal or are parts of a faulted and lineated facies associated with a nearby but unphotographedimpactbasin.
From This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Wikipedia
At the largest sizes, one or more exterior or interior rings may appear, and the structure may be labeled an "impactbasin" rather than an impact crater.
From This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Wikipedia
Impact craters range from small, simple, bowl-shaped depressions to large, complex, multi-ringed impact basins.
From This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Wikipedia
In support of this, it has been noted that the largest crustal magnetizations appear to be located near the antipodes of the giant impact basins.
From This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Wikipedia
In support of this, it has been noted that the largest crustal magnetizations appear to be located near the antipodes of the largest impact basins.
From This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Wikipedia
In particular, the largest impact basins were formed during the early periods, and these were successively overlaid by smaller craters.
From This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Wikipedia
A large portion of the mare formed, or flowed into, the low elevations associated with the nearside impact basins.
From This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Wikipedia
Thus, while large impact basins are found on both the nearside and farside, large maria are mostly found on the nearside.
From This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Wikipedia
The majority of these lavas erupted or flowed into the depressions associated with impact basins.
From This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Wikipedia
The origin of mascons are in part due to the presence of dense mare basaltic lava flows that fill some of the impact basins.
From This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Wikipedia
The largest impact basins, the multiring basins, can even have secondary concentric rings of raised material.
From This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Wikipedia
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition ofimpact
Go to the definition ofbasin
See other collocations withbasin
See other collocations withimpact