Harding County meteorite, Harding Co., South Dakota, USA
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 45° 30' North , 103° 30' West |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | 45.50000,-103.50000 |
GeoHash: | G#: c8n6ug18e |
Locality type: | Meteorite Fall Location |
Meteorite Class: | L4 chondrite meteorite |
Meteoritical Society Class: | L4 |
Metbull: | View entry in Meteoritical Bulletin Database |
Köppen climate type: | BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate |
Chondrite L4 TKW 3.075kg
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Quaternary 0 - 2.588 Ma ID: 2790057 | Eolian Deposits Age: Pleistocene (0 - 2.588 Ma) Description: (loess and sand dune) Silt to medium-grained sand. Deposited as sand sheets and barchan, linear, and dome-like dunes and as veneer on uplands. Thickness up to 300 ft (91m). Reference: Horton, J.D., C.A. San Juan, and D.B. Stoeser. The State Geologic Map Compilation (SGMC) geodatabase of the conterminous United States. doi: 10.3133/ds1052. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1052. [133] |
Late Cretaceous 66 - 100.5 Ma ID: 3188050 | Mesozoic sedimentary rocks Age: Late Cretaceous (66 - 100.5 Ma) Lithology: Siltstone,shale,sandstone Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
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