Rochechouart crater
Astroblema de Rochechouart-Chassenon
- Date
- 1967 · confidence high
- Place
- Rochechouart, Haute-Vienne, France
- Credited to
- François Kraut
- Field
- Cosmos & Earth
What was discovered
A highly eroded asteroid impact structure in France, whose extraterrestrial origin François Kraut recognized in 1967 from impact-melt rock (suevite) and the strongly deformed bedrock left of the original crater.
What it led to
- the first major recognized astrobleme in France
- a reference case for studying heavily eroded impact structures
- protection as a national nature reserve since 2008
- progress in recognizing suevite and impact breccia in Europe