Cochise College Meteorite Impact References by Location
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-USA-Missouri
through Wisconsin
last edited: 6/14/04
USA-Missouri-Crooked Creek
*lat: 37 deg. 50 min. N, lat: 91 deg. 23 min. W
*diameter: 5.6 km
*age: 320 +/- 80 mya
*Beals, C.S., Innes, M.J.S., and Rottenberg, J.A., 1960, The search for fossil meteorite craters-II: Current Science, n.6, p.250-261.
*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. Sci., v.261, p. 650-664.
*Kiilsgaard, T.K., Heyl, A.V., and Brock, M.R., 1963, The Crooked Creek disturbance, southeast Missouri: USGS Prof. Paper 450-E, p. E14-E19.
*Snyder, F.G., Williams, J.H., et al, 1965, Cryptoexplosive structures in Missouri: in-, Guidebook, 1965 annual meeting GSA : Missouri Dept. Nat. Res. Rept. Invest. 30, 73 p.
*lat: 37 deg. 54 min. N, long: 92 deg. 43 min. W (or 92 deg. 4.5 min. W?)
*diameter: 6 km
*age: less than 300 mya
*central uplift of 1200 ft, annular synclines and anticlines, megabreccia, shatter cones
*Beals, C.S., Innes, M.J.S., and Rottenberg, J.A., 1960, The search for fossil meteorite craters-II: Current Science, n.6, p. 250-261.
*Dietz, R.S., 1963, Cryptoexplosion structures- a discussion: Am. Jour. Sci., v.261, p. 650-664.
*Hendrick, S.B., 1954, Geology of the Steelville quadrangle: Missouri Geol. Survey, p.36.
*Krishnaswamy, D.S., and Amstutz, G.C., 1960, Geology of the Decaturville disturbance in Missouri (abstr.): GSA Bull., v.71, p. 190.
*Offield, T.W., and Pohn, H.A., 1971, Style and sequence of deformation at the Decaturville, Missouri impact structure: Meteoritics, v.6, n.4, p. 296-297.
*Offield, T.W., and Pohn, H.A., 1977, Deformation at the Decaturville impact structure, Missouri: in- Impact and explosion cratering, D.J. Roddy, R.O. Pepin, and R.B. Merrill, eds., p. 321-342, Pergamon, Elmsford, N.Y.
*Offield, T.W., and Pohn, M.A., 1979, Geology of the Decaturville impact structure, Missouri: USGS Prof. Paper 1042, p. 40.
*lat: 47 deg. 40 min. N, long: 102 deg. 30 min. W
*diameter: 9 km
*age: 200 mya
*Brenan, R.L., Peterson, B.L., and Smith, H.J., 1975, The origin of Red Wing Creek structure, McKenzie County, North Dakota: Wyo. Geol. Assoc. Earth Sci. Publ., v.8, n.3, 41 p.
USA-Ohio-Serpent Mound
*lat: 39 deg. 2 min. N, long: 83 deg. 24 min. W
*diameter: 6.4 km
*age: 300 mya
*has shatter cones, coesite
*Beals, C.S., Innes, M.J.S., and Rottenberg, J.A., 1960, The search for fossil meteorite craters-II: Current Science, n.6, p. 250-261.
*Bucher, W.H., 1921, Cryptovolcanic structure in Ohio of the type of the Steinheim basin (abstr.): GSA Bull., v.32, p. 74-75.
*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.
*Bull, C., Corbato, C.E., and Zahn, J.C., 1967, Gravity survey of the Serpent Mound area, southern Ohio: Ohio Jour. Sci., v.67, p. 359-371.
*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. Sci., v.261, p. 650-664.
*Heyl, A.V., and Brock, M.R., 1962, Zinc occurrences in the Serpent Mound structure of southern Ohio: USGS Prof. Paper 450-D, p. D95-D97.
*Reidel, S.P., 1975, Bedrock geology of the Serpent Mound cryptoexplosion structure, Adams, Highland, and Pike Counties, Ohio: Ohio Geol. Survey Rept. Inv. 95.
USA-Tennessee-Dycus
*lat: 36 deg. 22 min. N, long: 85 deg. 45 min. W
USA-Tennessee-Flynn Creek
*lat: 36 deg. 16 min. N, long: 85 deg. 37 min. W
*diameter: 3.8 km
*age: 360 +/- 20 mya
*150 meters deep, central uplift, thrust blocks in crater rim, breccia lens is 40 meters thick, 10 to 24th power ergs required
*Beals, C.S., Innes, M.J.S., and Rottenberg, J.A., 1960, The search for fossil meteorite craters-II: Current Science, n.6, p. 250-261.
*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. Sci., v.261, p. 650-664.
*Roddy, D.J., 1966, Carbonate deformation at a probable impact crater at Flynn Creek, Tennessee (abstr.): EOS (Trans. AGU), v.47, n.3, p. 493-494.
*Roddy, D.J., 1966, Minimum energy of formation for a probable impact crater at Flynn Creek, Tennessee (abstr.): EOS Trans. AGU), v.47, n.3, p. 482.
*Roddy, D.J., 1968, The Flynn Creek crater, Tennessee: in- French, B.M., and Short, N.M., eds., Shock metamorphism of natural materials, Baltimore, Mono Book Corp., p. 291-322.
*Roddy, D.J., 1968, Comet impact and formation of Flynn Creek and other craters with central peaks (abstr.): EOS (Trans. AGU), v.49, n.1, p. 272.
*Roddy, D.J., 1977, Pre-impact conditions and cratering processes at Flynn Creek crater, Tennessee: in- Impact and explosion cratering, D.J. Roddy, R.O. Pepin, and R.B. Merrill, eds., p. 277-308, Pergamon, Elmsford, N.Y.
*Wilson, C.W., Jr., and Born, K.E., 1936, The Flynn Creek disturbance, Jackson County, Tennessee: Jour. Geol., v.44, n.7, p. 815-835.
USA-Tennessee-Howell
*lat: 35 deg. 15 min. N, long: 86 deg. 35 min. W
*diameter: 2.4 km
*age: 450 mya
*Dietz, R.S., 1960, Meteorite impact suggested by shatter cones in rock: Science, v. 131, n.3416, p. 1781-1784.
USA-Tennessee-Wells Creek
*lat: 36 deg. 23 min. N, long: 87 deg. 40 min. W
*diameter: 14 km
*age: 200 +/- 100 mya
*required 1.5 x 10 to the 24th power ergs, has thousands of shatter cones that point upwards
*Alexander, S.S., and Hawk, J.H., 1971, The use of shatter cones to estimate the energy of meteorite impacts (abstr.): EOS (Trans. AGU), v.52, n.4, p. 264.
*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.
*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. Sci., v.261, p. 650-664.
*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.
*Wilson, C.W., Jr., 1953, Wilcox deposits in explosion craters, Stewart County, Tennessee and their relation to origin and age of Wells Creek Basin structure: GSA Bull., v.64, p. 753-768.
*Wilson, C.W., Jr., and Stearns, R.G., 1968, Geology of the Wells Creek structure, Tennessee: Tenn. Div. Geol. Bull. 68.
USA-Texas-Bee Bluff
*diameter: 4 km
*age: post Eocene, pre-Pleistocene
*Deussen, A., 1924, Geology of the coastal plain of Texas west of Brazos River: USGS Prof. Paper 126, 39 p.
*Grieve,
R.A.F. 1982 The record of impact on Earth: Implications for a major
Cretaceous/Tertiary impact event. Geological Society of America, Special Paper
190, pp. 25-37.
*Gurov, E.P. Gurova, E.P. 1987 Impact structures on the Earth's surface (in
Russian). Geologicheskii Zhurnal, v. 47, pp. 117-124.
*Howard, K., and Offield,
T.W., 1968, Shatter cones at Sierra Madre, Texas, Science, v.162, p.261-265.
*His, G., 1967, The
serpentine plug at Bee Bluff on the Nueces River, Zavala County, Texas: Gulf
Coast. Assoc. Geol. Societies, 17th Ann. Meeting, Guidebook, p. 36-40.
*Jurena,
D.J. French, B.M., Gaffey, M.J. 2003 Gravity transect profile and PDF/PF
comparisons from the Bee Bluff structure Lunar and Planetary Science XXXIV.
*Jurena,
D.J. French, B.M. and M.J. Gaffey 2001 Planar deformation feature orientations
and distribution in quartz grains from the Carrizo sand foramtion in south
Texas: relation to the Bee Bluff structure. Lunar and Planetary Science XXXII.
*King,
E.A. 1979 "Comment on ""Remnants of a probable Tertiary crater in south
Texas""." Geology, p. 328.
*Masaitis,
V.L. Danilin, A.N., Maschak, M.S., Raykhlin, A.I., Selivanovskaya, T.V. and
Shadenkov, Ye.M. 1980 The Geology of Astroblemes (in Russian). Leningrad, Nedra,
231 p.
*Sharpton, V.L. Nielsen, D.C. 1988 Is the Bee Bluff structure in S. Texas an
impact crater? (abstract). Lunar and Planetary Science XIX, pp. 1065-1066.
*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.
*Wilson,
W.F. 1981 South Texas field trip 1981; meteor impact site, asphalt deposits and
volcanic plugs. South Texas Geological Society, San Antonio, 53 p.
*Wilson, W.F., and Wilson,
D.H., 1979, Remnants of a probable Tertiary impact crater in south Texas:
Geology, v.7, p. 144-146.
*Wilson,
W.F. Wilson, D.H. 1979 "Reply on ""Remnants of probable Tertiary impact crater
in south Texas""." Geology, p. 328.
USA-Texas-Odessa
*lat: 31 deg. 48 min. N, long: 102 deg. 30 min. W
*diameter 168 meters
USA-Texas-Sierra Madre
*lat: 30 deg. 36 min. N, long: 102 deg. 55 min. W
*diameter: 13 km
*age: 100 mya
*has central domed uplift, shatter cones
*Dietz, R.S., 1960, Meteorite impact suggested by shatter cones in rock: Science, v. 131, n.3416, p. 1781-1784.
*Eggleton, R.E., and Shoemaker, E.M., 1961, Breccia at Sierra Madre, Texas: in-: Short papers in the geol. and hydrog. sciences, USGS Prof. Paper 424-D, p. 151-153.
*Geyer, R.A., and Van Lopik, J.R., 1963, Reconnaissance geophysical survey of Sierra Madre Texas "dome" and its lunar implications (abstr.): EOS (Trans. AGU), v.44, n.1, p. 76.
*Kelly, A.O., 1966, A water-impact hypothesis for the Sierra Madre structure in Texas: Meteoritics, v.3, n.2, p. 79-82.
*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.
*Wilshire, H.G., Offield, T.W., Howard, K.A., and Cummings, G., 1972, Geology of the Sierra Madre cryptoexplosion structure, Pecos County, Texas: USGS Prof. Paper 599-H.
*lat: 38 deg. 26 min. N, long: 109 deg. 54 Min. W (or 38 deg. 28 min.N, 109 deg. 57 min. W)
*diameter: 5 km
*possibly a salt structure
*Beals, C.S., Innes, M.J.S., and Rottenberg, J.A., 1960, The search for fossil meteorite craters-II: Current Science, n.6, p. 250-261.
*Dietz, R.S., 1963, Cryptoexplosion structures- a discussion: Am. Jour. Sci., v.261, p. 650-664.
*Shoemaker, E.M., and Herkenhoff, K.E., 1983, Impact origin of Upheaval Dome, Utah (abstr): AGU, v.64, n.45, p.747.
*Shoemaker, E.M., and Herkenhoff, K.E., 1984, Impact origin of Upheaval dome, Utah (abstr.): NASA Tech. Memorandum, v.86245, April 1984, p. 93.
USA-Wisconsin-Glover Bluff
*lat: 43 deg. 55 min. N, long: 89 deg. 35 min. W (or 43 deg. 58 min. N, 89 deg 32 min. W)
*diameter 430 meters
*Dietz, R.S., 1963, Cryptoexplosion structures- a discussion: Am. Jour. Sci., v.261, p. 650-664.
*Ekern, G.L., and Thwaites, F.T., 1930, The Glover Bluff structure, a disturbed area in the Paleozoics of Wisconsin: Trans. Wisc. Acad. Sci. Arts. Lett., v.25, p. 83-97.
*Read, W.F., 1983, Shatter cones at Glover Bluff, Wisconsin: Meteoritics, v.18, n.3, p. 241-243.