Cochise College Meteorite Impact References by Location
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Canada-Part 1
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*Beals, C.S., Ferguson, G.M., and Landau, A., 1956, A search for analogies between lunar and terrestrial topography on photographs of the Canadian Shield: Jour. Royal Astron. Soc. Canada, v.50, p. 203-211, 250-261.
*Collerson, K.D., Jesseau, C.W., and Bridgewater, D., 1976, Crustal development of the Archean gneiss complex-Eastern Labrador: in- B.F. Windley, ed., The Early History of the Earth, Wiley, New York, N.Y., p. 237-256.
*Currie, K.L., 1965, Analogues of lunar craters on the Canadian Shield, Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci., v.123, p.915-940.
*Currie, K.L., 1971, Origin of igneous rocks associated with shock metamorphism as suggested by geochemical investigations of Canadian craters: J. Geophysics. Res., v.76, p. 5575-5585.
*Currie, K.L., and Shafiqullah, M., 1968, Geochemistry of some large Canadian craters: Nature, v.218, p. 457-459.
*Dence, M.R., 1964, A comparative structural and petrographic study of probable Canadian meteorite craters: Meteoritics, v.2, n.3, p. 249-270.
*Dence, M.R., 1965, The extraterrestrial origin of Canadian craters: Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci., v.123, p. 941-969.
*Dence, M.R., Grieve, R.A.F., Robertson, P.B., and Thomas, M.D., 1977, Terrestrial impact structures-the Canadian contribution: Meteoritics, v.12, n.3, p.204-205.
*Dence, M.R., Innes, M.J.S., and Robertson, P.B., 1968,
Recent geological and geophysical studies of Canadian craters: in- Shock
Metamorphism of Natural Materials, eds. French, B.M., anf Short, N.M.,
p.339-362, Mono Book Corp.
*Earth
Impact Database-North American Impact Structures
*Innes, M.J.S., 1964, Recent advances in meteorite crater research at Dominion Observatory, Ottawa, Canada: Meteoritics, v.2, n.3, p. 219-241.
*Marchand, M., 1976, A geochemical and geochronologic
investigation of meteoritic impact melt at Mistatin Lake and Sudbury, Ontario:
Ph.D. diss., Mc Masters University.
*O'Dale-Geological
structures that may be meteorite craters
*O'Dale,
Charles-My Aerial Exploration of Terrestrial Meteorite Craters
*Robertson, P.B., and Grieve, R.A.F., 1975, Impact structures in Canada-their recognition and characteristics: Jour. Royal Astro. Soc. Canada, v. 69, p. 1-21.
*Wolf, R., Woodrow, A.B., and Grieve, R.A.F., 1980,
Meteoritic material at four Canadian impact craters: Geochim. et Cosmochim. Acta,
v.44, p. 1015-1022.
(updated using Earthflash by R.Weller 6/17/06))
long:110 deg. 28 min. 50 sec. W lat: 49 deg.
42min.16 sec. N
diameter: 7.8km (measurements using Earthflash)
age: less
than 65 my
references and links:
*Aerial view of Eagle Butte, Alberta
*Donofrio, R.R., 1998, North American impact structures hold giant field
potential: Oil and Gas Journal, May 11, 1998, p. 69.83.
*Earth
Impact Database
*Ezeji-Okoye, S., 1985, The origin of Eagle Butte: PanCanadian Petroleum
Limited, unpublished report, 75 p.
*Hanova, J., Lawton, D.C., Visser, J., Hildebrand, A.R., and Ferriere, L., 2005,
#D structural interpretation of the Eagle Butte impact structure, Alberta,
Canada: 36th Annula Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 14-18, 2005,
in League City, Texas, abstract no.2355.
*Lawton, D. C., R. R. Stewart, and R. Gault 1993, The
Geophysical Expression of the Eagle Butte Impact Structure. . Paper presented at
the 19th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Geophysical Union, Banff, Alberta.
*Sawatzky, H. B. 1976, Two Probable Late
Cretaceous Astroblemes in Western Canada - Eagle Butte, Alberta and Dumas,
Saskatchewan. Geophysics 41:1261-1271.
*The Meteoritical Society-Eagle Butte
*Visser,
J. and Scott, D., An Early Meteorite Structure at Eagle Butte, Alberta
Canada-Alberta-Steen River
(updated using Earthflash by R.Weller 6/17/06))
long:117 deg. 43 min. 20 sec. W lat: 59 deg.
27min. 36 sec. N
diameter: 22.9km (measurements using Earthflash)
references and links:
*Carrigy, M.A., 1966, Evidence of shock metamorphism in rocks from
the Steen River structure, Alberta, in: Shock metamorphism of natural materials,
1st Conference, Greenbelt, Md., 1966, Proceedings, p. 367-374
*Carrigy, M., 1968, Evidence of shock metamorphism in rocks from Steen River
structure, Alberta: in- Shock Metamorphism of Natural Materials, B.M. Frank
and N. Short, eds., Mono, Baltimore, p. 367-378.
*Clark, J.F., 1983, Magnetic survey data at meteorite impact sites in North
America: Geomagnetic Service of Canada, Earth Physics Branch Open File n.
83-5, 30 p.
*Donofrio, R.R., 1997, Survey of hydrocarbon-producing impact structures in
North America: exploration techniques to date and potentials for discovery in
Precambrian basement rock. Ames Structure in Northwest Oklahoma and Similar
Features: Origin and Petroleum Production (1995 Symposium), K.S. Johnson and J.A.
Campbell, Oklahoma Geological Survey, Norman, Oklahoma, v. Circular 100, p.
17-29.
*Earth
Impact Database-Steen River
*Grieve, R.A,F., 1982, The record of impact on Earth: Implications for a major
Cretaceous/Tertiary impact event: Geol. Soc. America Special Paper 190, p.
25-37.
*Hildebrand, A.R., Pilkington, M., Grieve, R.A.F, Stewart, R.R., Mazur, M.,
Hladiuk, D.W., and Sinnott, D., 1997, The Steen River impact structure, Alberta,
Canada (abstract): Large Meteorites and Planetary Evolution.
*Hildebrand, A.R., Pilkington, M., and Grieve, R.A.F., 1997, Hydrocarbon
potential of the Steen River impact structure, Alberta, Canada (abstract): Large
Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution.
*Niccoli, M., Hildebrand, A.R., and Lawton, D.C., 2005, Seismic velocity study
of the rim uplift of the Steen River impact crater.
*Robertson, G.A., 1995, The Steen River structure, Alberta, Canada. Subsurface
identification and hydrocarbon occurrences (abstract): Ames Structure and
Similar Features-A Workshop, p.41.
*Robertson, G.A., 1997, The Steen River structure, Alberta, Canada. Subsurface
identification and hydrocarbon occurrences: Oklahoma Geological Survey Circular
100, p. 385-390.
*Short, N.M., 1968, Petrographic study of shocked rocks from the Steen River
structure, Alberta: (in French) B.M. and Short, N.M., eds., Shock Metamorphism
of Natural Materials, Mono Book Corp., Baltimore, MD, p.374-378.
*Tooth, J., Stewart, R.R., 1994, The Steen River structure, Alberta Geology and
oil production (abstract), AAPG Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado.
Wilson, F.J., Langenberg, W., Jeffries, L., Tooth, J., Grieve, R.A.F., and
Berkes, Z., 1989, Proposal for scientific drilling on the Steen River structure,
northwestern Alberta, unpublished report, p. 1-20.
*Wilson, J., Langenberg, W., Jeffries, L., Grieve, R.A.F.,and Berkes, Z., 1989,
The Steen River structure, northwestern Alberta, in: Drury, Malcolm J. (editor),
Scientific drilling; sedimentary basins; proceedings of a workshop, Carleton
University, Dept. of Earth Sciences, Ottawa, ON, Canada, Canadian Continental
Drilling Program Report, p. 23-24
*Winzer, S.R., 1972, The Steen River astrobleme, Alberta, Canada: International
Geological Congress, 24th, Montreal, Canada, p. 148-156.
Metamorphism of Natural Materials, Mono Book Corp., Baltimore, MD, pp. 367-378.
Canada-Devon
Island-Haughton
(updated using Earthflash by R.Weller 6/17/06))
long:89 deg. 39 min. 54 sec. W lat: 75 deg.
22min. 36 sec. N
diameter: 34km
references and links:
*Earth
Impact Database-Haughton (photo and references)
*Frisch, T., and Thorsteinsson, R., 1978, Haughton astrobleme: a mid-Cenozoic
impact crater, Devon Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago: Jour. Arctic
Institute, v.31, p. 108-124.
*Glenister, B.F., 1963, Sverdup Inlet to Cape Sparbo: in- Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 320, p.184-189.
*Greiner, H. R., 1963, Haughton Dome and area southwest of
Thomas Lee Inlet: in- Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 320, p. 208-216.
*Haughton Mars Project
*Lindgren, P., and others, 2006, Preservation of biological signature within
impact melt breccias, Haughton impact structure: Lunar and Planetary Science,
XXXVII.
*Robertson, P.B., and Grieve, R.A.F., 1978, The Haughton impact structure, Devon
Island (abstr.): Abstr. with Prog. Cordilleran Sect. Geol. Soc. America Ann.
Meeting, p.114.
*Robertson, P.B., and Grieve, R.A.F., 1978, The Haughton impact structure: Meteoritics, v.13, n.4, p. 615-619.
*Robertson, P.B., and Mason, G.D., 1975, Shatter cones from
Haughton Dome, Devon Island, Canada: Nature, vol. 255, n.5507, p.393-394.
*Robertson, P. B.; Sweeney, J. F., 1983, Haughton impact structure; structural
and morphological aspects; Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 20n. 7, p.
1134-1151
*The
Planetary Society-Haughton impact crater
*Wikipedia-Haughton
impact crater
Canada-Franktown
(questionable)
(updated using Earthflash by R.Weller 6/17/06))
long: 76 deg. 3 min. 37 sec. W lat: 45 deg.
4min. 9 sec. N
diameter: 1.9km (measurements using
Earthflash)
*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.
Canada-Keeley Lake
(suspected)
(updated using Earthflash by R.Weller 6/17/06))
long: 108 deg. 8 min. 0 sec. W lat: 54 deg.
54in. 0 sec. N
diameter: 9.4km (measurements using
Earthflash)
*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.
Canada-Labrador-Merewether
long: 64 deg. 02 min. W lat: 58 deg. 2 min. N
diameter: 200 meters
references and links:
*O'Dale,
Charles-Merewhether
Canada-Labrador-Mistastin
(updated using Earthflash by R.Weller 6/18/06))
long: 63 deg. 18 min. 48 sec. W lat: 55 deg.
53min. 11 sec. N
diameter: 19.1km (per measurements using Earthflash)
references and links:
*Currie, K. L., 1968, Mistastin lake, Labrador, a new Canadian
crater: Nature, v. 220n. 5169, p. 776-777
*Currie, K.L., 1970, New Canadian cryptoexplosion crater at Lake St. Martin,
Manitoba: Nature, v.226, p.839-841.
*Currie, K.L., 1971, Geology of the resurgent cryptoexplosion
crater at Mistastin Lake, Labrador: Can. Geol. Survey, Bull. 207.
*Earth Impact Database-Mistastin (photos and references)
*Grieve, R.A.F., 1975, Petrology and chemistry of the impact melt at Mistastin
crater, Labrador: Bull. Geol. Soc. Am., v.86, p.1617-1629.
*Janssens, M.J., Hertogen, J., and Takahashi, H., 1977, Meteoritic material at
four large impact craters (abstr.): EOS )Trans. AGU), v.58, n.6, p.424-425.
*Mak, E.K., York, D., Grieve, R.A.F., and Dence, M.R., 1976, The age of Mistastin Lake crater, Labrador, Canada: Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., v.31, p. 345-357.
*Marchand, M. and Crockett, J.H., 1977, Sr isotopes and trace
element geochemistry of the impact melt and target rocks at Mistastin Lake
crater, Labrador: Geochim. et Cosmochim. Acta, v.41, p.1487-1496.
*O'Dale,
Charles-Mistastin meteorite crater
*Palme, H., Janssen, M-J, Takahashi, H., Anders, E., and Hertogen, J., 1978, Meteorite material at five large impact structures: Geochim. et Cosmochim. Acta, v.42, p. 313-323.
*Palme, H., Grieve, R.A.F., and Wolf, R., 1981,
Identification of the projectile at the Brent crater and further considerations
of projectile type at terrestrial craters: Geochim. et Cosmochim. Acta, v.45, p
.2417-2424.
*Solar
Views-Mistastin crater (photo)
*Taylor, F. C.; Dence, M. R., 1969, A probable meteorite origin for Mistastin
lake, Labrador; Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 6, n. 1, p. 39-45.
*Wikipedia-Mistastin crater
*Wolf, R., Woodrow, A.B., and Grieve R.A.F., 1980, Meteoritic
material at four Canadian impact craters: Geochim. et Cosmochim. Acta, v.44, p.
1015-1022.
Canada-Lake Michikaumau
(updated using Earthflash by R.Weller 6/18/06))
long: 64 deg. 26 min. 33 sec. W lat: 54 deg.
35min. 10 sec. N
diameter: 7.5km (per measurements using Earthflash)
*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.
diameter: 23 km
age: 225 +/- 40 mya
references and links:
*Coles, R. L.; Clark, J. F. , 1982,
Lake St. Martin impact structure, Manitoba, Canada; magnetic anomalies and
magnetizations; Journal of Geophysical Research. B, v. 87, n.8, p. 7087-7095
*Currie, K.L., 1970, New Canadian cryptoexplosion crater at Lake St. Martin,
Manitoba: Nature, v.226, p.839-841.
*Earth
Impact Database- ST. Martin (photo and references)
Canada-Manitoba-West Hawk
Lake
(updated using Earthflash by R.Weller 6/18/06))
long: 95 deg. 11 min. 13 sec. W lat: 49 deg.
45min. 45 sec. N
diameter: 5.4km (per measurements using Earthflash)
Canada-Menihek Lake
East Menihek: (updated using
Earthflash by R.Weller 6/18/06))
long: 66 deg. 38 min. 51 sec. W lat: 53 deg.
42min. 9 sec. N
diameter: 4.6 (per measurements using Earthflash)
references and links:
*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.
*Dence, M.R., 1964, A comparative structural and petrographic
study of probable Canadian meteorite craters: Meteoritics, v.2, n.3, p.249-270.
Canada-Newfoundland-Conception Bay/Gulf of St. Lawrence
(updated using Earthflash by R.Weller 6/18/06))
long: 62 deg. 48 min. 28 sec. W lat: 47 deg. 3
min. 24 sec. N
diameter: 283km (per measurements using Earthflash)
age: 500 my
references and links:
*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.
*Englehardt, W. von, 1975, Indications for a meteorite impact of early Cambrian age at Conception Bay, Newfoundland: Naturwissenschaften, v.62, p. 234-235.
*Grieve, R.A.F., and Robertson, P.B., 1979, The terrestrial cratering record: Icarus, v.38, p. 212-229.
*Willmore, P.L., and Scheidegger, A.E., 1956, Seismic
observations in the Gulf of St. Lawrence: Trans. Royal Soc. Canada, v.50, p. 21.
Canada-N.W.T.- Haughton
Dome
(updated using Earthflash by R.Weller 6/18/06))
long: 89 deg. 39 min. 54 sec. W lat: 75 deg.
22min. 36 sec. N
diameter: 20km
Canada-N.W.T.- Mien
(updated using Earthflash by R.Weller 6/18/06))
long: 87 deg. 40 min. 54 sec. W lat: 64 deg.
58min. 36 sec. N
diameter:
3.1km (per measurements using
Earthflash)
age: less than 600 my
*Simmonds, 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.
*Svensson, Nils Bertil, 1969, Lake Mien, southern Sweden; a possible astrobleme;
Geological Society of Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden; Geologiska Foereningen i
Stockholm Foerhandlingar, v. 91 Part 1, n. 536, p. 101-110
Canada-N.W.T.-Nicholson
(updated using Earthflash by R.Weller 6/18/06))
long: 102 deg. 41 min. 45 sec. W lat: 62 deg.
40min. 3 sec. N
diameter:
10.6km (per measurements using
Earthflash)
age: less than 400 my
references and links:
*Earth Impact Database-Nicholson (photo and references)
*Wolf, R., Woodrow, A.B., and Grieve R.A.F., 1980, Meteoritic material at four
Canadian impact craters: Geochim. et Cosmochim. Acta, v.44, p.1015-1022.
Canada-N.W.T.-Pilot Lake
(updated using Earthflash by R.Weller 6/18/06))
long: 111 deg. 0 min. 11 sec. W lat: 60 deg.
17min. 25 sec. N
diameter:
7.2km (per measurements using
Earthflash)
references and links:
*Earth
Impact Database-Pilot Lake (photo and references)
*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.5687-5689.
Canada-Ontario-Brent
(updated using Earthflash by R.Weller 6/18/06))
long: 78 deg. 28 min. 56 sec. W lat: 46 deg. 4
min. 30 sec. N
diameter: 2.7km (per measurements using Earthflash)
references and links:
*Currie, K.L., and Shafiqullah, M., 1967, Carbonatite and alkaline igneous rocks
in the Brent Crater, Ontario: Nature, v.215, p.725-726.
*Currie, K.L., and Shafiqullah, 1968, Geochemistry of some large Canadian craters: Nature, v.218, p.457-459.
*Dence, M.R., 1964, A comparative structural and petrographic
study of probable Canadian meteorite craters: Meteoritics, v.2, n.3, p.249-270.
*Earth
Impact Database-Brent (photo and references)
*Grieve, R.A.F., 1978, The melt rocks at Brent Crater, Ontario, Canada: Proc. 9th Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf., p. 2579-2608.
*Grieve, R.A.F., 1978, The petro-chemistry of the melt rocks at Brent crater and their implications for the conditions of impact: Meteoritics, v.13, n.4, p.484-487.
*Grieve, R.A.F., 1978, Meteorite composition and impact melt composition at the Lac a l'Eau Claire (Clearwater) impact structures, Quebec: Geochim. et Cosmochim. Acta, v.42, p. 429-431.
*Grieve, R.A.F., and Robertson, P.B., 1979, The terrestrial cratering record, Icarus, v.38, p. 212-229.
*Hamza, V.M., 1975, Distribution of uranium, thorium, and potassium in shock metamorphic rocks from Brent crater (abstr.): EOS (Trans. AGU), v.56, n.12, p. 1018.
*Hamza, V.M., 1978, Distribution of naturally radioactive elements (uranium, thorium, and potassium) in shock metamorphic rocks from the Brent crater (abstr.): EOS (Trans. AGU), v.59, n.12, p. 1029.
*Hartung, J.B., Dence, M.R., and Adams, J.A.S., 1968, Application of the K-Ar method to the dating of shocked rocks: the Brent crater: Meteoritics, v.4, n.3, p. 183-184.
*Hartung, J.B., Dence, M.R., and Adams, 1971, Potassium-argon dating of shock-metamorphosed rocks from the Brent impact crater, Ontario: Jour. Geophys. Res., v.76, n.23, p. 5437-5448.
*Innes, M.J.S., 1964, Recent advances in meteorite crater research at the Dominion Observatory, Ottawa, Canada: Meteoritics, v.2, n.3, p. 219-241.
*Mc Call, G.J.H., 1964, Are cryptovolcanic structures due to meteoritic impact?: Nature, v.301, n.4916, p. 251-254.
*Millman, P.M., 1971, The space scars of Earth: Nature, v.232, p.161-164.
*Millman, P.M., Liberty, B.A., Clark, J.F., Willmore, P.L.,
and Innes, M.J.S., 1960, The Brent Crater, Publication Dominion Observatory,
v.24, p. 1-43.
*O'Dale,
Charles-Brent Meteorite Crater
*Palme, H., Grieve, R.A.F., and Wolf, R., 1981, Identification of the projectile
at the Brent crater and further considerations of projectile types at
terrestrial craters: Geochim. et Cosmochim. Acta, v. 45, p. 2417-2424.
*Rondat, J., 1971, Impactite of the Charlevoix structure, Quebec, Canada: Jour. Geophys. Res., v.76, n.23, p. 5414-5423.
*Shaffiqullah, M., Cole, T.S.,and Tupper, W.M., 1968, K-Ar ages on rocks from the crater at Brent., Ontario: Earth and Planet. Sci. Letters, v.5, p. 148-152.
*Simmonds, 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.
*Sky and Telescope, 1963, Two more ancient Canadian meteorite
craters: Sky and Telescope, v.26, n.4, p. 198-199.
