What Are Shatter Cones

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Multiple Choice

What are shatter cones?

• A) funnel-shaped cones of rock pointing downward (closed downward) and outward
• B) streaked cones of rock radiating down (closed upward) and out from the point of impact
• C) cone-shaped depressions caused by hypervelocity impact
• D) cones of rocks (closed downward) and with vertical axes
• E) vertical cracks caused by impact and radiating outward from the point of impact

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