An unusual layer of rocks found along Britain’s northwestern coast formed from debris thrown out of a crater during a meteorite strike more than 1 billion years ago, geologists say.
The Stac Fada stratum, long thought to be of volcanic origin, stretches for 50 kilometers along the Scottish coast and in some spots is more than 20 meters thick.
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