Fresh impact craters are surrounded by fluidized ejecta patterns, likely produced by impact into subsurface water and ice. |
The stellar ejecta from the explosion initially trail behind the shock wave. |
From the impact ejecta volume, he calculated a crater size of around 150 to 200 meters. |
Rocky material formed by the accumulation of large ejecta is classified as agglomerate. |
Melosh et al. proposed that wildfires were ignited by the thermal energy radiated by re-entering ejecta following the asteroid impact. |
Impact ejecta deposits show a non-linear decrease in thickness with radial distance from the centre of the source crater. |