Multiple Choice
The Sudbury Impact Basin is famous for nickel-copper-platinum deposits.How is this related to the impact event?
A) These minerals deposits form when hot fluids move upwards along faults.
B) These minerals formed in the depressions at the base of the magma pool.
C) These minerals were deposited directly by the asteroid.
D) These materials were organized by gravity as impact breccia.
E) The impact event created a depression and the mineral deposits formed subaqueously.
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