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The Richat Structure is the location of exceptional accumulations of Acheulean artifacts. [14] [15] These Acheulean archaeological sites are located along wadis that occupy the outermost annular depression of this structure. Pre-Acheulean stone tools also have been found in the same areas.
Richat Structure, Mauritania The Richat Structure in Mauritania has also been proposed as the site of Atlantis. [ 56 ] This structure is generally considered to be a deeply eroded domal structure that overlies a still-buried alkaline igneous intrusion . [ 57 ]
The Richat Structure in Mauritania is not an impact crater, but rather a eroded anticline. It is 50km across, and shown in here in a topographic reconstruction (scaled 6:1 on the vertical axis) from sattelite photos. False coloring as follows: bedrock=brown, sand=yellow/white, vegetation=green, salty sediments=blue
Ouadane is the closest town to the Richat Structure, a massive circular landmark visible from space. The whole Ouadane commune has a total size of 118,210 km², mostly consisting of desert. The main town is located in the south-west of the commune. [1]
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The location they consider is a geological formation consisting of a series of rings known as the Richat Structure, which is located in the Western Sahara. The T'heydinn is part of Moorish oral tradition. [124] The libraries of Chinguetti contain thousands of medieval manuscripts. [125] [126] [127]
Richat Structure by Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM). Instead of being a meteorite impact, the landform is more likely to be a collapsed dome fold structure.. Remote sensing is used in the geological sciences as a data acquisition method complementary to field observation, because it allows mapping of geological characteristics of regions without physical contact with the areas being ...