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SEVERAL hypotheses have been advanced to explain the peculiar circumstances associated with the fall of the Tunguska Meteor on June 30, 1908, in Siberia (lat. 60° 55′ N., long. 101° 57′ E.). An exhaustive description of the phenomena is given by Krinov1. Especially puzzling is the apparent absence of a meteoric crater, but Krinov2 does report some recent analyses of soil in the region which show iiickeliferous iron and silicate globules.
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LERMAN, J., MOOK, W. & VOGEL, J. Effect of the Tunguska Meteor and Sunspots on Radiocarbon in Tree Rings. Nature 216, 990–991 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/216990a0
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