Arizona Meteor Crater

Location and History

• - near flag staff arizona
• - formed around 50,000 years ago
• - meteor that created it, believed to weigh 300,ooo tons

Geological features/ Formation

• - meteor traveling 26,000 mph. when it created this crater
• -small areas of grass and trees are located in it
• - it is about 1 mile across and 500 feet deep

Catastrophism/ uniformatarinism

• -catastrophism
• -the meteor crater was created suddenly and was not a slow gradual process

Constructive, Destructive, or Both

• -destructive: the meteor created a giant crater on the earth's surface
• -Destroyed/ killed many animals and located anywhere near the spot of its landing