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单词 shatter cone
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Definition of shatter cone in English:

shatter cone

noun
Geology
  • A fluted conical structure produced in rock by intense mechanical shock, such as that associated with meteoritic impact.

    〔地质〕震裂锥

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In 1959 the first man-made shatter cone was produced during an underground nuclear explosion.
    • At Sudbury, Ontario, shatter cones are frequently observed to lie on approximately planar surfaces.
    • Ask your tour captain to show you the largest shatter cone found to date, in the world.
    • This mass of shatter cones was found at the Steinheim crater in Germany, a structure that's about 3.4 km in diameter and around 15 million years old.
    • Subsequent work at the Flynn Creek and Wells Creek Basin structures in Tennessee proved that shatter cones from an impact were present there too.

Definition of shatter cone in US English:

shatter cone

noun
Geology
  • A fluted conical structure produced in rock by intense mechanical shock, such as that associated with meteoritic impact.

    〔地质〕震裂锥

    Example sentencesExamples
    • At Sudbury, Ontario, shatter cones are frequently observed to lie on approximately planar surfaces.
    • This mass of shatter cones was found at the Steinheim crater in Germany, a structure that's about 3.4 km in diameter and around 15 million years old.
    • In 1959 the first man-made shatter cone was produced during an underground nuclear explosion.
    • Subsequent work at the Flynn Creek and Wells Creek Basin structures in Tennessee proved that shatter cones from an impact were present there too.
    • Ask your tour captain to show you the largest shatter cone found to date, in the world.
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