Suspected extraterrestrial impact crater reported from North Korea

Suspected extraterrestrial impact crater reported from North Korea

A suspected extraterrestrial impact crater, the Hapcheon impact
crater, is reported from North Korea by the below open access papers.

Lim, J., Hong, S.S., Han, M., Yi, S. and Kim, S.W., 2021.
First finding of impact cratering in the Korean Peninsula. Gondwana Research, 91, pp.121-128.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1342937X20303105

Lee, J.Y., Shin, S., Yoon, H.H., Kim, J.C., Choi, Y., Nahm, W.H. and Kim, H., 2023. 

The Sedimentary records of the Hapcheon impact crater basin in Korea over the past 1.3 Ma. Frontiers in Earth Science, 11, p.1102785.

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2023.1102785/full

Yours,

Paul H.