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BP Structure
Gebel Dalma
Landsat image of the BP structure; screen capture from NASA World Wind
Impact crater/structure
Confidence	Confirmed
Diameter	2 kilometres (1.2 mi)
Age	<120 Ma
Exposed	Yes
Drilled	No
Location
Country	Libya

The BP Structure, also known as Gebel Dalma, is an exposed impact crater in Libya. It is so called because it was identified by a BP (then British Petroleum) geological survey team.

French et al. state that the BP Structure and the larger Oasis crater, about 88 km (55 mi) to the south, were probably simultaneous impacts. Both impacts deform the Nubian Sandstone of early Cretaceous age.

See also

• Silverpit crater

References

1. "BP". Earth Impact Database. Planetary and Space Science Centre University of New Brunswick Fredericton. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
2. BEVAN M. FRENCH, JAMES R. UNDERWOOD, EDWARD P. FISK; Shock-Metamorphic Features in Two Meteorite Impact Structures, Southeastern Libya. GSA Bulletin 1974;; 85 (9): 1425–1428. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1974)85<1425:SFITMI>2.0.CO;2

External links

• Anonymous (nd) Africa (Impact Craters), Earth Impact Database, Planetary and Space Science Centre, University of New Brunswick, New Brunswick, Canada.

25°19′10″N 24°18′34″E / 25.31944°N 24.30944°E / 25.31944; 24.30944

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