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Meteorite
Impact References by Location
-Algeria through Brazil
last edited: 11/2/07
Algeria-Aflou
*lat: 38 deg. 4 min. N, long: 2 deg. 3 min. E
*diameter: 5 km
*age: greater than 100 mya
Algeria-Amguid
*lat: 26 deg. 5 min. N, long: 4 deg. 23 min. E
*diameter 0.4 km
*age: less than 3mya
Algeria-Ouarziz
*lat: 29 deg. 0 min., long: 7 deg. 30 min. E
*diameter: 3.5 km
*age: less than 70 mya
*lat: 33 deg. 18 min., long: 4 deg. 6 min. E
*diameter: 1.75 km
*depth: 67 m
*age: less than 3 mya
*Smith, E.I., 1971, Determination of origin of small lunar and terrestrial craters by depth-diameter ratio: Jour. Geophys. Res., v.76, n.23, p. 5683-5689.
*lat: 27 deg. 28 min. S, long: 61 deg. 30 min. W
*size: largest is 100m
*age: 5800 years
*Cassidy, W.A., Villar, L.M., Bunch, T.E., Kohman, T.P., and Milton, D.J., 1965, Meteorites and craters of Campo del Cielo, Argentina: Science, v.149, n.3688, p.1055-1064.
Australia-General
*Shoemaker, E.M., and Shoemaker, C.S., 1985, Impact structures of western Australia (abstr): Meteoritics, in- Abstracts of papers presented at the 48th annual meeting of the Meteoritical Society (Carleton Moore, ed.), v.20, n.4, p.754-756.
*lat: 27 deg. 45 min. S, long: 117 deg. 5 min. E
*Gosten, V.A., Haines, P.W., Jenkins, R.J.F., Compston, W., and Williams, I.S., 1986, Impact ejecta horizon within Late Precambrian shales, Adelaide geosyncline, South Australia: Science, v.233, n.4760, p.198-203.
*lat: 22 deg. 37 min. S, long: 135 deg. 12 min. E
*diameter: 185 m
*Simmons, K. (ed.), 1974, Boxhole Meteorite Crater and suspected meteorite craters in Northern Territory, Australia: Meteor News, v.23, p. 1-2, Jacksonville, Florida.
Australia-N. Territory-Gosses Bluff
*lat: 23 deg. 48 min. S, long: 132 deg. 18 min. E
*diameter: 22 km
*age: 130 +/- 6 mya
*Dietz, R.S., and Mc Hone, J., 1974, Impact structures from ERTS imagery: Meteoritics, v.9, n.4, p.329-333.
*Milton, D.J., et al, 1972, Gosses Bluff impact structure, Australia: Science, v.175, p.1199-1207.
*Simonds, C.H., Warner, J.L., and Phinney, W.C., 1977, Effect of watering on cratering (abstr.) EOS (Trans. AGU), v.58, n.6, p.425
*Wilshire, H.G., and Howard, K.A., 1968, Structural pattern in central uplifts of cryptoexplosion structures as typified by Sierra Madre: Science, v.162, p. 258-261.
*lat: 24 deg. 34 min. S, long: 133 deg. 10 min. E
*14 impact structures
*diameter: largest is 150 m
*Milton, D.J., 1968, Structural geology of the Henbury meteorite craters, Northern Territory, Australia: USGS Prof. Paper 599-C.
*lat: 19 deg. 30 min. S, long: 132 deg 50 min. E
*diameter: 2.5 km
*age: 550 mya
*Tonkin, P.C., 1973, Discovery of shatter cones at Kelly West near Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia: Jour. Geol. Soc. Aust., v.20, p.99-102.
Australia-N. Territory-Liverpool
*lat: 12 deg. 24 min. S, long: 134 deg. 3 min. E
*diameter: 1.6 km
*age: 150 +/- 70 mya
*Guppy, D.J., Brett, R., and Milton, D.J., 1971, Liverpool and Strangways craters, Northern Territory: Two structures of probable impact origin: Jour. Geophys. Res., v.76, p.5387-5393.
*lat: 15 deg. 12 min. S, long: 133 deg. 35 min. E
*diameter: 24 km
*age: 150 +/- 70 mya
*Guppy, D.J., Brett, R., and Milton, D.J., 1971, Liverpool and Strangways craters, Northern Territory: Two structures of probable impact origin: Jour. Geophys. Res., v.76, p. 5387-5393.
*lat: 27 deg. 35 min. S, long: 135 deg. 10 min. E
*diameter: 2 km
*age: less than 120 mya
*lat: 42 deg. 15 min., long: 145 deg. 36 min. E
*diameter: 1 km
*age: 0.7 +/- 0.1 mya
Australia-W.A.-Lake Teague
*lat: 25 deg. 50 min. S, long: 120 deg. 55 min. E
* diameter: 28 km
Australia-W.A.-Veevers
*lat: 22 deg. 58 min. S, long: 125 deg. 22 min. E
*diameter: 80 m
*age: less than 450 mya
Australia-Wolf Creek
*lat: 19 deg. 18 min. S, long: 127 deg. 47 min. E
*diameter: 850 m
*Guppy, D.J., and Matheson, R.S., 1950, The Wolf Creek crater, Western Australia: Jour. Geol., v.58, p.30-36.
*Mc Call, G.J.H., 1964, Are cryptovolcanic structures due to meteoric impact?: Nature, v.201, n.4916, p.251-254.
*Mc Call, G.J.H., 1965, Possible meteorite craters-Wolf Creek, Australia and analogs: Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci., v.123, p. 970-998.
*Ronca, L.B., 1966, Meteorite impact and volcanism: Icarus, v.5, p. 515-520.
*lat: 47 deg. 13 min. N, long: 10 deg. 58 min. E
*diameter: 4 km
*age: 8000 years
*Storzer, D., Horn, P., and Kleinmann, B., 1971, The age and origin of Kofels structure, Austria: Earth Planet. Sci. Letters, v.12, p.238-244.
*lat: 23 deg. 52 min. S, long: 41 deg. 24 min. W
*diameter: 3 km
*lat: 16 deg. 46 min. S, long: 52 deg. 59 min. W
*diameter: 40 km
*age: less than 250 mya
*Dietz, R.S., and French, B.M., 1973, Two probable astroblemes in Brazil: Nature, v.244, p.561-562, London.
*Dietz, R.S., and Mc Hone, J., 1974, Impact Structures from ERTS imagery: Meteoritics, v.9, n.4, p.329-333.
Brazil-Riachao Ring
*lat: 7 deg. 43 min. S, long: 46 deg. 39 min. W
*diameter: 4 km
Brazil-Sao Miguel de Tapuio
*lat: 5 deg. 37 min. S, long: 41 deg. 24 min. W
*diameter: 12 km
Brazil-Serra da Canghala
*lat: 8 deg. 5 min. S, long: 46 deg. 52 min. W
*diameter: 12 km
*age: less than 300 mya