Discovery of the Hailin impact crater in northeast China

Yin Feng; Chen Ming; Yang Wenge; Mao Ho-kwang

doi:10.1063/5.0236993

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Yin Feng, Chen Ming, Yang Wenge, Mao Ho-kwang. Discovery of the Hailin impact crater in northeast China[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2025, 10(1): 013001. doi: 10.1063/5.0236993

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Yin Feng, Chen Ming, Yang Wenge, Mao Ho-kwang. Discovery of the Hailin impact crater in northeast China[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2025, 10(1): 013001. doi: 10.1063/5.0236993

Yin Feng, Chen Ming, Yang Wenge, Mao Ho-kwang. Discovery of the Hailin impact crater in northeast China[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2025, 10(1): 013001. doi: 10.1063/5.0236993

Citation:

Yin Feng, Chen Ming, Yang Wenge, Mao Ho-kwang. Discovery of the Hailin impact crater in northeast China[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2025, 10(1): 013001. doi: 10.1063/5.0236993

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Discovery of the Hailin impact crater in northeast China

doi: 10.1063/5.0236993

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Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research, Shanghai 201203, China
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Department of Geology, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan 411201, China
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Shanghai Key Laboratory of MFree, Shanghai Advanced Research in Physical Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China

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Corresponding author: a)Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed: ming.chen@hpstar.ac.cn and maohk@hpstar.ac.cn
Received Date: 2024-09-02
Accepted Date: 2024-10-17

Available Online: 2025-01-01

Publish Date: 2025-01-02

Abstract

Abstract

A uniquely shaped impact structure, the Hailin impact crater, has been discovered in northeast China. The crater was formed on a granodiorite hillside and is an oval depression with asymmetric rim height and a maximum diameter of 1360 m. The bottom of the crater is filled by Quaternary sediments with large amounts of rock fragments underneath. The discovery of quartz planar deformation features in rock clasts on the crater floor provides diagnostic evidence for the impact origin of the structure. The shape of the crater is largely due to the impact having occurred on a ridge terrain. The impact event probably occurred in the late Cenozoic Era. The Hailin impact crater is the fourth confirmed Chinese impact crater.

Author Contributions
Feng Yin: Conceptualization (equal); Investigation (equal). Ming Chen: Conceptualization (equal); Investigation (equal); Writing – original draft (equal). Wenge Yang: Supervision (equal); Writing – review & editing (equal). Ho-kwang Mao: Supervision (equal); Writing – review & editing (equal).

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