Ries Crater
Location:
- Germany
Group:
- Impactite
Type:
- Impact Breccia
Class:
- Suevite
Total known weight: Unknown
Age: ~14.5 million years.
A 24 km crater produced by an achondritic meteorite. Impact breccia remains in the form of Suevite.
A suevite breccia is a polymictic impact breccia with clastic matrix that contains dark melt clasts and the light, strongly shocked clast.
