Cochise College Meteorite Impact References by Location
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References by Location
-Ghana through Mongolia
last edited: 6/14/04
*lat: 6 deg. 32 min. N, long: 1 deg. 25 min. W
*diameter: 10.5 km
*age: 1.3 +/- 0.2 mya
*Bucher, W.H., 1963, Cryptoexplosion structures caused from without or from within the earth?: ("Astroblemes" or "Geoblemes"?): Am. Jour. Sci., v.261, p. 597-649.
*Cohen, A.J., Bunch, T.E., and Reid, A.M., 1961, Coesite discoveries establish cryptovolcanics as fossil meteorite craters: Science, v.134, p. 1624-1625.
*Dietz, R.S., 1960, Meteorite impact suggested by shatter cones in rock: Science, v.131, n.3416, p. 1781-1784.
*Dietz, R.S., 1963, Cryptoexplosion structures-a discussion: Am. Jour. Science, v.261, p. 650-664.
*El Goresy, A., 1966, Metallic spherules in Bosumtwi crater glasses: Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., v.1, p. 23-24.
*Gentner, W., Lippolt, H.J., and Schaeffer, O.A., ms., 1962, Kalium-Argon Alter der Glaser des Nordlinger Rieses und der Bohmisch-Mahrischen Tectite: Heidelberg, Max Planck Institut fur Kernphysik, p. 1-9.
*Junner, N.R., 1937, The geology of the Bosumtwi caldera and surrounding country: Gold Coast Geol. Survey Bull.., n.8, 33 p.
*Littler, J., Fahey, J., Dietz, R.S., and Chao, E., 1961, Coesite from Lake Bosumtwi Crater, Ashanti, Ghana: Astrogeologic Studies, 1961 Report, USGS, p.79-86.
*Mc Call, G.J.H., 1964, Are cryptovolcanic structures due to meteoric impact?: Nature, v.201, n.4916, p. 251-254.
*Maclaren, M., 1931, Lake Bosumtwi, Ashanti: Geog. Jour., v.78, n.3, p. 270-276.
*Palme, H., et al, 1978, Meteorite material at five large impact structures: Geochim. et Cosmochim. Acta, v.42, p. 313-323.
*Rohleder, H.P.T., 1936, Lake Bosumtwi, Ashanti, Geog Jour., v.87, p. 51-65.
*Schnetzler, C.C., Pinson, W.H., and Hurley, P.M., 1966, Rubidium-strontium age of the Bosumtwi crater area, Ghana, compared with the age of Ivory Coast Tektites: Science, v.151, p. 817-619.
*lat: 19 deg. 59 min. N (or 19 deg. 58 min. N), long: 76 deg. 34 min. E (or 76 deg. 31 min. E)
*diameter: 1.83 km
*age: 50,000 years
*Crawford, A.R., 1972, Possible impact structures in India: Nature, v.237, p. 96.
*Dietz, R.S., and Mc Hone, J., 1974, Impact structures from ERTS imagery: Meteoritics, v.9, n.4, p. 329-333.
*Fredrickson, K., Dube, A., Milton, D.J., and Balasundaram, M.S., 1973, Lonar Lake, India- an impact crater in basalt: Science, v.180, p. 862-864.
*Millman, P.M., 1971, The space scars of Earth: Nature, v.232, p.161-164.
*lat: 25 deg 20 min. N, long: 76 deg. 37 min. #
*diameter: 3 km
*Dietz, R.S., and Mc Hone, J., 1974, Impact structures from ERTS imagery: Meteoritics, v.9, n.4, p. 329-333.
*lat: 32 deg. 41 min. N, long: 39 deg. 35 min. E
*diameter: 3.2 km
Libya-"B.P." Structure
*lat: 25 deg. 19 min. N, long: 24 deg. 20 min. E
*diameter: 2.8 km
*age: less than 120 mya
*French, B.M., Underwood, J.R., and Fisk, E.P., 1974, Shock-metamorphism features at two meteorite impact structures, southeastern Libya: Bull. GSA, v.85, p. 1425-1428.
*lat: 24 deg. 35 min. N, long: 24 deg. 24 min. E
*diameter: 11.5 km
*age: less than 120 mya
Mars-General Category
*Carr, M.H., et al, 1977, Martian impact craters and emplacement of ejecta by surface flow: Jour. Geophys. Res., v.82, n.28, p. 4055-4065.
*Chapman, C.R., and Jones, K.L., 1977, Cratering and obliteration history of Mars: Ann. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci., v.5, p. 515-540.
*Cintala, M.J., Head, J.W., and Mutch, T.A., 1976, Characteristics of fresh Martian craters as a function of diameter-comparisons with the moon and Mercury: Geophys, Res. Lett., v.3, p. 117-120.
*Hartmann, W.K., 1977, Cratering in the solar system: Sci. American, v.236, n.1, p. 84-99.
*Mc Gill, G.E., and Wise, D.U., 1971, Crater degeneration variations in several Martian regions, Mariner 6 and 7 photos (abstr.): EOS (Trans. AGU), v.52, n.4, p. 264.
*Newson, H.E., 1980, Hydrothermal alteration of impact melt sheets with implications for Mars: Icarus, v.44, p.207-216.
*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.
*Wilhelms, D.E., and Squires, S.W., 1984, The Borealis Basin of Mars (abstr.): NASA Tech. Memorandum, v.86246, P. 110-112.
*Wilhelms, D.E., and Squires, S.W., 1984, The Martian hemisphere dichotomy may be due to a giant impact: Nature, v.309, n.5964, p. 138, 140.
*Wood, C.A., and Head, J.W., 1976, Comparison of impact basins on Mercury, Mars and the Moon: Proc. 7th Lunar Sci. Conf., p. 3629-3651.
*Woronow, A., 1975, A size-frequency study of large Martian craters: Ph.D diss., Harvard Univ.
*lat: 21 deg. 15 min. N, long: 12 deg. 41 min. W
*diameter: 370 m
*Age: 3.1 +/- mya
*Fudai, R.F., and Cassidy, W.A., 1972, Gravity reconnaissance of three Mauritanian craters of explosive origin: Meteoritics, v.7, p. 51-70.
*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: 24 deg. 15 min. N, long: 9 deg. 39 min. W
*diameter: 730 m
*age: less than 3 mya
*lat: 22 deg. 55 min. N, long: 10 deg. 24 min. W
*diameter: 1.9 km
*age: 2.4 +/- 0.5 mya
*French, B.M., Hartung, J.B., Short, N.M., and Dietz, R.S., 1970, Tenoumer crater, Mauritania-age and petrologic evidence of origin by meteoritic impact: Jour. Geophys. Res., v.75, n.23, p. 4396-4406.
*Cintala, M.J., Head, J.W., and Mutch, T.A., 1976, Characteristics of fresh Martian craters as a function of diameter-comparisons with the Moon and Mercury: Geophys. Res. Lett., v.3, p. 117-120.
*Frey, H., and Lowry, B.L., 1979, Large impact basins on Mercury-implications for relative crater production rates (abstr.): in- Lunar and Planetary Science, X. Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas, p.402
*Gault, D.E., Guest, J.E., Murray, J.B., Dzurisin, D., and Malin, M.C., 1975, Some comparisons of impact craters on Mercury and the Moon: Jour. Geophys. Res., v.80, p. 2444-2460.
*Hartmann, W.K., 1977, Cratering in the solar system: Sci. American, v.236, n.1, p. 84-99.
*Malin, M.C., and Dzurzin, D., 1979 (1978?), Modification of fresh crater landforms-evidence from the Moon and Mercury: Jour. Geophys. Res., v.83, p. 233-243.
*Pike, R.J., and Clow, G.D., 1983, Geomorphology of craters on Mercury (abstr.): Abstracts with Programs-GSA, in- GSA, 96th ann. meeting, v.15, n.6, p. 661
*Schaber, G.G., and Boyce, J.M., 1977, Probable distribution of large impact basins on Venus-comparison with Mercury and Moon: in- D.J. Roddy, R.O. Pepin, and R.B., Merrill, eds., Impact and explosion cratering, Pergamon, New York.
*Spudis, P.D., 1984, Mercury-new identification of ancient multi-ring basin and implications for geologic evolution (abstr.): NASA Tech. Memorandum, v.86246, p. 87-89.
*Wood, C.A., and Head, J.W., 1976, Comparison of impact basins on Mercury, Mars, and the Moon: Proc. 7th Lunar Sci. Conf., p. 3629-3651.
*Perry, E.C., Winter, D.J., Sagar, B., and Wu, B., 1992, The Chicxulub structure-surface manifestation and possible sulfur isotope signature: Lunar and Planetary Sci. Proc., v.23, p. 1057-1058.
*Sharpton, V.L., et al, 1992, New links between the Chicxulub impact structure and the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary: Nature, v.359, p. 819-821.
*Koeberl, C., 1993, Chicxulub crater, Yucatan-tektites, impact glasses, and the geochemistry of target rocks and breccias: Geology, v.21, p. 211-214.
*Hildebrand, A.R., et al, 1991, Chicxulub crater-a possible Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary impact crater on the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico: Geology, v.19, p. 867-871.
*Pope, K.O., Ocampo, A.C., and Duller, C.E., 1991, Mexican site for K/T crater?: Nature, v.351, p. 105.
Mongolia-Tabun-Khara-Obo
*lat: 44 deg. 6 min. N, long: 109 deg. 36 min. E
*diameter: 1.3 km
*age: less than 30 mya
*Shlerin, L.M., 1970, Geological structure of the crater-like feature Tabun-Khara-Obo (southeast Mongolia): Meteorika, v.35, p. 97-102 (in Russian).