IJFANS International Journal of Food and Nutritional Sciences

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Characterisation and conformation of structural Morphometry of Rajatkrishna impact crater, Sindudurg district of Maharashtra, India

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Atul M. Jethe, Rajat S. Chatterjee

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Rajatkrishna impact crater is an unique geological system being the only meteoritic crater in lateritic terrain in the world. Crater is unique due to its lithostructural characterisation and surrounding associated location of smaller companion craters i.e. Antariksha crater, Neel crater and Sindhu crater etc craters. The main aim and objective of this research paper is to identify geomorphic structure and its morphometric units of the impact craters using the Remote sensing data i.e Drone image, Google Earth data and GPS survey. Detailed analysis of crater attributes like shape and size of the craters and other morphological aspects like size ,shape ,depth and slope aspect etc. parameters, which can resolve many outstanding issues in science. In the present research paper authors have mostly focused on delineation of impact craters. Now a days advanced techniques like Remote sensing can be use to determine the impact structure on the earth.A Simple bowl (orthogonal/spheroidal) shape of the crater determined using the morphological geological, topographical studies. Among different studies, Geomorphological investigation indicates that crater‟s shape and morphology is quite obvious with a simple bowl projection; as well as litho-structural pattern provides very strong evidence for possible impact structure, indicating the presence of circular circumference of 525 mts and 220 mts N-S and 190 E-W provides accurate shape and vertical rim 5 mts with 45 to 70 degree slope indicates perfect bowl shape , its cavity ratio and associated Antriksha, Neel and Shindu etc smaller companion craters gives perfect evidence to impact origin of Rajatkrishna crater.

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