Thermoluminescence dating of the Kamil impact crater (Egypt)

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Gian Paolo Sighinolfi, Emanuela Sibilia, Gabriele Contini and Marco Martini

Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12417

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The variability of radioactivity of the intracrateric target rocks and the lack of direct in situ dosimetric evaluations prevented precise dating; it was, however, possible to constrain the impact in the 2000 BC–500 AD range. If, as we believe, the radioactivity measured in the fallback deposits is a reliable estimate of the mean radioactivity of the site, the narrower range 1600–400 BC (at the 2σ confidence level) can be realistically proposed.

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