Abstract In the literature, the Siberian forest destruction of 30 June 1908 - north of the Stony Tunguska river - is almost unanimously explained by the impact of some huge meteorite even though no trace of it has ever been found, and even though some 20 facts argue in favour of a tectonic event. An in-depth discussion plus a comparison with smaller, more recent events suggest that we deal with the - first recorded - present-day formation of a kimberlite.
Keywords Tunguska - catastrophe - outburst - kimberlite - impact - NEOs
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