ejecta blanket

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blanket
noun[C]
uk
/ˈblæŋ.kɪt/us
/ˈblæŋ.kɪt/
a flat cover made of wool or similar warm material, usually used on ...
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In this stage, the excavation flow opens up the crater and an ejecta curtain forms and travels outward, forming anejectablanketin the close vicinity of the crater.
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It has a distinctiveejectablanketsurrounding it that's darker nearer the craters and brighter further away.
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Based on crater counts of itsejectablanket, it is thought to be about 3 million years old.
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Asymmetries in the crater structure and theejectablanketimply that the projectile impacted at low angle from the south-southeast.
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The crater has an inner and an outer ring and a smallejectablanketsurrounding the outer ring.
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The topics include crater-fill breccias,ejectablanket, pseudotachylite and impact melt breccias.
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The result is that both the crater and itsejectablanketstand above the surroundings.
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Its extensiveejectablanketand secondary crater field are superposed on plains materials and older craters.
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Overlying this graben is a layer of breccia which is apparently the remains of anejectablanketthat once surrounded the crater.
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Theejectablanketbecomes thinner with distance and increasingly discontinuous.
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The crater's extensiveejectablanketand secondary crater field are superposed on plains materials and older craters.
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After an impact event, the falling debris forms anejectablanketsurrounding the crater.
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It is 24 km in diameter, and is surrounded by anejectablanketof breccia preserved over an area of 6500 km2.
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It is expected that the impact of such magnitude would have produced anejectablanketthat should be found in areas around the lowland.
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An alternative suggestion has been that the member represents part of the proximalejectablanketfrom an impact crater.
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Crater counts of itsejectablanketgive an age of about 3 million years.
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Although the ejecta blankets from both basins are extensive, they are highly asymmetrical and deeply embayed in places by intercrater plains and younger plains units.
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Noachian terrains consist of overlapping and interbedded ejecta blankets of many old craters.
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