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{{Short description|Exposed impact crater in Libya}} {{Infobox terrestrial impact site | name = BP Structure | other_name = Gebel Dalma | photo = BP crater.jpg | photo_size = | photo_alt = | photo_caption = [[Landsat]] image of the BP structure; screen capture from [[NASA World Wind]] | map = Libya | map_alt = | map_caption = | map_size = | location = | label = | label_position = | coordinates = | coordinates_ref = | confidence = Confirmed | diameter = {{convert|2|km}} | depth = | rise = | imp_size = | age = <120 Ma | exposed = Yes | drilled = No | bolide = | translation = | language = | pronunciation = | topo = | access = | country = [[Libya]] | state = | province = | district = | municipality = | module = }} [[File:BP crater x5.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Oblique [[Landsat]] image of BP crater draped over digital elevation model (x5 vertical exaggeration); screen capture from [[NASA World Wind]]]]The '''BP Structure''', also known as '''Gebel Dalma''', is an exposed [[impact crater]] in [[Libya]]. It is so called because it was identified by a [[BP]] (then British Petroleum) geological survey team.<ref>{{cite Earth Impact DB | name = BP | linkname = bpstructure | accessdate = 2009-08-12}}</ref> French ''et al.'' state that the BP Structure and the larger [[Oasis crater]], about {{cvt|88|km}} to the south, were probably simultaneous impacts.<ref>BEVAN M. FRENCH, JAMES R. UNDERWOOD, EDWARD P. FISK; Shock-Metamorphic Features in Two Meteorite Impact Structures, Southeastern Libya. GSA Bulletin 1974;; 85 (9): 1425β1428. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1974)85<1425:SFITMI>2.0.CO;2</ref> Both impacts deform the [[Nubian Sandstone]] of early Cretaceous age.
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