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Meteorite Impact References/Links by Location
Canada-Part 3
last edited: 6/18/06 
 

Canada-Quebec-Ile Rouleau
(updated using Earthflash by R.Weller  6/17/06)
  long: 73 deg. 52 min. 49 sec. W      lat: 50 deg. 40 min. 54 sec. N

diameter: 4km

age:  less than 300 my
references and links:

*Caty, J.-L., Chowh, E.H., and Roy, D.W., 1976, A new astrobleme: Ile Rouleau structure, Lake Mistassinni, Quebec: Canadian Jour. Earth Sci., v.13, p. 824-831.
*Earth Impact Database-Ile Rouleau  (photo and references)

*Grieve, R.A.F., and Robertson, P.B., 1979, The terrestrial cratering record: Icarus, v.38, p. 212-229.
*O'Dale, Charles-Ile Rouleau Meteorite Crater
 

Canada-Quebec-Lac Coutre
(updated using Earthflash by R.Weller  6/17/06)
  long: 75 deg. 18 min. 14 sec. W      lat: 60 deg. 7 min. 38 sec. N
diameter: 9.8km  (measurement using Earthflash)

age:  430 +/- 25 my
references and links:

*Beals, C.S., Innes, M.J.S., and Rottenberg, J.A., 1960, The search for fossil meteorite crater-II: Current Science, n.6, p. 250-261.

*Beals, C.S., Dence,. M.R., and Cohen, A.J., 1964, Evidence suggesting a meteorite impact origin for Lac Couture, Quebec (abstr.): Astron. Jour., v.69, p. 134.

*Beals, C.S., Dence, M.R., and Cohen, A.J., 1967, Evidence for the impact origin of Lac Coutre: Publ. Dominion Observ. Ottawa, v.31, n.10.
*Earth Impact Database-Coutre  (photo and references)

*Dence, M.R., 1964, A comparative structural and petrographic study of probable Canadian meteorite craters: Meteoritics, v.2, n.3, p. 249-270.
*O'Dale, Charles-Lac Coutre Meteorite Crater

 

Canada-Quebec-Lac Kakiattukallak
(updated using Earthflash by R.Weller  6/17/06)
  long: 71 deg. 38 min. 42 sec. W      lat: 57 deg. 42 min. 5 sec. N
diameter: 5.2km  (measurement using Earthflash)

age:  less than 300 my
 

Canada-Quebec-Lac La Moinerie
(updated using Earthflash by R.Weller  6/17/06)
  long: 66 deg. 35 min. 48 sec. W      lat: 57 deg. 26 min. 20 sec. N
diameter: 8.3km and 23.5km  (measurements using Earthflash)

age:  less than 300 my
references and links:
*Earth Impact Database-La Moinerie  (photo and references)
*O'Day, Charles-Lac La Moinerie Meteorite Crater

Canada-Quebec-Manicouagan
(updated using Earthflash by R.Weller  6/17/06)
  long: 68 deg. 40 min. 53 sec. W      lat: 51 deg. 22 min. 59 sec. N
diameter: 64.3km (measurement using Earthflash)

age:  214 my
references and links:

*Beals, C.S., Innes, M.J.S., and Rottenberg, J.A., 1960, The search for fossil meteorite crater-II: Current Science, n.6, p. 250-261.

*Berard, J., 1962, Summary geological investigations of the area bordering Manicouagan and Mouchalagane lakes: Quebec Dept. Natur. Resour. P.R. n.489, 14 p.

*Coles, R.L., and Clark, J.F., 1978, The central magnetic anomaly, Manicouagan structure, Quebec: Jour. Geophys., v.83, n.9.

*Currie, K.L., 1964, On the origin of some "Recent" craters on the Canadian shield: Meteoritics, v.2, n.2, p. 93-110.

*Currie, K.L., 1972, Geology and petrology of the Manicouagan resurgent caldera, Quebec: Bull. Geol. Survey Canada, 198, 153 p.

*Currie, K.L., and Murtaugh, J.G., 1967, Geological map of the Manicouagan structure, Quebec: Geol. Survey Canada, Preliminary Map Ser.

*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., 1977, The Manicouagan impact structure observed from Skylab-Skylab: in- Skylab explores the Earth, NASDA Spec. Pub. 380, p.175-189.

*Dietz, R.S., and Mc Hone, J., 1974, Impact structures from ERTS imagery: Meteoritics, v.9, n.4, p. 329-333.

*Dworak, V., 1969, Stosswellen metamorphose des Anorthosit vom Manicouagan Krater, Quebec, Canada: Contrib. Miner. Petrol., v.24, p. 306-347.
*Earth Impact Database-Manicouagan  (photos and references)

*Fleischer, R.L., Viertl, J.R.M., and Price, P.B., 1969, Age of Manicouagan and Clearwater Lakes craters: Geochim. et Cosmochim. Acta, v.33, p. 523-527.

*Floran, R.J., 1976, Petrology and Rb/Sr systematics of the Manicouagan impact melt, Quebec (abstr.): EOS (Trans. AGU), v.57, n.4, p. 275.

*Floran, R.J., and Dence, M.R., 1976, Morphology of the Manicouagan ring-structure, Quebec, and some comparisons with lunar basins and craters: Proc. Seventh Lunar Sci. Conf., Geochim. et Cosmochim. Acta  Suppl. 7, p. 2845-2866, Pergamon Press.

*Floran, R.J., et al, 1978, Manicouagan impact melt, Quebec, I-stratigraphy, petrology, and chemistry: Jour. Geophys. Res., v.83, p. 2737-2759.

*Floran, R.J., et al, 1976, Petrology, structure, and origin of the Manicouagan melt sheet, Quebec, Canada: Geophys. Res. Lett., v.3, p. 49-.

*Grieve, R.A.F., 1977, Manicouagan- a model for melt and transient cavity development (abstr.): EOS (Trans. AGU), v.58, n.6, p.424.

*Grieve, R.A.F., and Floran, R.J., 1978, Manicouagan impact melt, Quebec, part II-chemical inter-relationships with basement and formational processes: Jour. Geophys. Res., 1978 (in press).

*Grieve, R.A.F., 1980, Impact bombardment and its role in proto-continental growth on the early earth: Precambrian Res., v.10, p. 217-247.

*Grieve, R.A.F., and Head, 1981, Manicouagan impact structure- its original dimensions and form: Meteoritics, v.16, n.4, p. 320-321.

*Grieve, R.A.F., and Head, J.W., 1983, The Manicouagan impact structure- an analysis of its original dimensions: Jour. Geophys. Res., v.88, p. A807-A818.

*Hammond, W.P., 1945, Geological reconnaissance of the Manicouagan and Mushalagan rivers: M.S. thesis, Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, Canada,

*Hoffleit, D., 1955, Quebec geological feature explored: Sky and Telescope, v.14, n.9, p. 374.

*Howard, K.A., and Wilshire, H.G., 1975, Flows of impact melt at lunar craters: Jour. Research USGS, v.3, n.2, p. 237-251

*Jahn, B., Floran, R.J., and Simonds, C.H., 1978, Rb-Sr isochron age of the Manicouagan melt sheet, Quebec, Canada: Jour. Geophys. Res., v.83, p. 2799-2803.

*Janssens, M.J., Hetogen, J., and Takahashi, H., 1977, Meteoritic material at 4 large impact craters (abstr.): EOS (Trans. AGU), v.58, n.6, p. 424-425.

*Larochelle, A., and Currie, K.L., 1967, Paleomagnetic study of igneous rocks from Manicouagan structure, Quebec: Jour. Geophys. Res., v.72, n.16, p. 4163-4169.

*Millman, P.M., 1971, The space scars of Earth: Nature, v.232, p. 161-164.

*Murtaugh, J.C., and Currie, K.L., 1969, Preliminary study of the Manicouagan structure: Quebec Dept. of Nat. Res., P.R. n.583, 9 p.

*Murtaugh, J.G., 1975, Geology of the Manicouagan cryptoexplosion structure: Ph.D. diss., Ohio State Univ., Columbus.
*O'Dale, Charles-Manicouagan Meteorite Crater

*Onorato, P.I.K., Uhlmann, D.R., and Simonds, C.H., 1978, Jour. Geophys. Res., v.83, n.B6, p. 2789-2798.

*Orphal, D.L., and Schulz, P.H., 1978, Manicouagan, a terrestrial analog of lunar floor-fractured craters?: Meteoritics, v.13, n.4, p. 591-593.

*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.

*Palme, H., Janssens, M-J., Takahashi, H., Anders, E., and Hertogen, J., 1978, Meteorite material at five large impact craters: Geochim. et Cosmochim. Acta, v.42, p. 313-323.

*Phinney, W.C., Dence, M.R., Grieve, R.A.F., 1978, Investigation of the Manicouagan impact crater, Quebec-an introduction: Jour. Geophys. Res., v.83, p. 2729-2735.

*Robertson, W.A., 1967, Manicouagan, Quebec, paleomagnetic results: Canadian Jour. Earth Sci., v.4, p. 641-649.

*Ronca, L.B., 1966, Meteorite impact and volcanism: Icarus, v.5, p.515-520.

*Rose, E.R., 1955, Manicouagan Lake, Mushalagan Lake area: Quebec Paper. Geol. Survey Canada, p.55-.

*Roy, D.W., 1968, Refraction of a shock wave passing through a cross folded crystalline basement: Meteoritics, v.4, n.4, p. 292-293.

*Shepard, J.B., 1986, The Triassic/Jurassic boundary and the Manicouagan impact-implications of Ar-40/Ar-39 dates on periodic extinction models: B.A. thesis, Princeton Univ., Princeton, N.J., 38 p.

*Simonds, C.H., Warner, J.W., Phinney, W.C., and Mc Gee, P.E., 1976, Thermal model for impact breccia lithification-Manicouagan and the moon: Proc. Seventh Lunar Sci. Conf.: Geochim. et Cosmochim. Acta, Suppl. 7, p. 2509-2528.

*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.

*Sweeney, J.F., 1978, Gravity study of great impact: Jour. Geophys. Res., v.83, n.9, p. 2809-2815.

*Willmore, P.L., 1963, The seismic investigation of the Manicouagan-Mushalagan lake area in the province of Quebec: Publ. Dominion Oberv. Ottawa, v.23, p. 325.

*Wolfe, S.H., 1966, Some aspects of the Manicouagan-Mushalagan Lakes structure: USGS, Astrogeologic Studies, Ann. Prog. Report, July 1965-July-1966, part B, p. 71.

*Wolfe, S.H., 1971, Potassium-argon ages of the Manicouagan-Mushalagan Lakes structure: Jour. Geophys. Res., v.61, n.23, p. 5424-5436.
 

Canada-Quebec-Mecatina
(updated using Earthflash by R.Weller  6/17/06)
  long: 59 deg. 25 min. 4 sec. W      lat: 50 deg. 49 min. 30 sec. N
diameter: 4.1km  (measurement 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.


Canada-Quebec-Presqu'ile
(updated using Earthflash by R.Weller  6/17/06)
  long: 74 deg. 49 min. 31 sec. W      lat: 49 deg. 42 min. 53 sec. N
diameters: 45.4km, 13.6km, and 20.1km  (measurements using Earthflash)

references and links:
*Earth Impact Database-Presqu'ile  (map and references)
*O'Dale, Charles-Presqu'ile Meteorite Crater

Canada-Saskatchewan-Carswell
(updated using Earthflash by R.Weller  6/17/06)
  long: 109 deg. 30 min. 59 sec. W      lat: 58 deg. 27 min. 11 sec. N
diameter: 27.1km  (measurement using Earthflash)
age: 115 +/- 10 my

references and links:

*Blake, D.A.A., 1956, Geological notes on the region south of Lake Athabasca and Black Lake, Saskatchewan: Geol. Survey Canada Paper 55-33, p. 12.

*Currie, K.L., and Shafiqullah, M., 1968, Geochemistry of some large Canadian craters: Nature, v.218, p. 457-459.

*Currie, K.L., 1967, Shock metamorphism in the Carswell circular structure, Saskatchewan, Canada: Nature, Jan. 7, 1967, p. 56-57.

*Currie, K.L., 1969, Geological notes on the Carswell circular structure, Saskatchewan: Geol. Survey Canada Paper 67-32.

*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-Carswell  (photo and references)

*Fahrig, W.F., 1961, The geology of the Athabasca Formation: Geol. Soc. Canada Bull., v.68, 41 p.

*Gussow, W.C., 1959, Athabasca formation of Western Canada: Bull. Geol. Soc. America, v.70, p. 1

*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
 

Canada-Saskatchewan-Deep Bay
(updated using Earthflash by R.Weller  6/17/06)
  long: 102 deg. 59 min. 18 sec. W      lat: 56 deg. 24 min. 33 sec. N
diameter: 10.9km and 19.5km   (measurements using Earthflash)

age:  99 +/- 4 my
references and links:

*Beals, C.S., Innes, M.J.S., and Rottenberg, J.A., 1960, The search for fossil meteorite crater-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.

*Dent, B., 1972, Three dimensional gravity model of the Deep Bay, Saskatchewan impact crater (abstr.): EOS (Trans. AGU), v.53, n.11, p. 1036.
*Earth Impact Database-Deep Bay  (photos and references)

*Hartmann, W.K., 1977, Cratering in the solar system: Sci. American, v.236, p.84-99.

*Innes, M.J.S., 1957, A possible meteorite crater at Deep Bay, Saskatchewan, Jour. Royal Astron. Soc. Canada, v.51, p. 235-.

*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

*Sky and Telescope, 1963, Two more ancient Canadian meteorite craters: Sky and Telescope, v.26, n.4, p.198-199. 


Canada-Saskatchewan-Elbow
(updated using Earthflash by R.Weller  6/17/06)
  long: 105 deg. 57 min. 14 sec. W      lat: 50 deg. 55 min. 17 sec. N
diameter: 10.4km  (measurement using Earthflash)

age:  395 +/- 25my
references and links:
*Earth Impact Database-Elbow  (references)

Canada-Saskatchewan-Gow Lake
(updated using Earthflash by R.Weller  6/17/06)
  long: 104 deg. 28 min. 53 sec. W      lat: 56 deg. 27 min. 26 sec. N
diameter: 4.5km   (measurement using Earthflash)

age:  less than 250 my
references and links:
*Earth Impact Database-Gow Lake  (photo and references)

*Thomas, M.D., and Innes, M.J.S., 1977, The Gow Lake impact structure, northern Saskatchewan: Can. Jour. Earth Sci., v.14, p. 1788-1795.

*Thomas, M.D., Innes, M.J.S., Dence, M.R., Grieve, R.A.F., and Robertson, P.B., 1977, Gow Lak, Saskatchewan-evidence for an origin by meteorite impact: Meteoritics, v.12, n.3, p.370-371.

*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-Saskatchewan-Maple Creek
(updated using Earthflash by R.Weller  6/17/06)
  long: 109 deg. 6 min. 0 sec. W      lat: 49 deg. 47 min. 46 sec. N
diameter: 3.8km  (measurement using Earthflash)

age:  less than 75 my
references and links:
*Earth Impact Database-Maple Creek  (references)
 

Canada-Saskatchewan-Viewfield
(updated using Earthflash by R.Weller  6/17/06)
  long: 103 deg. 4 min. 37 sec. W      lat: 49 deg. 34 min. 58 sec. N
diameter: 1.7km and 7.3km  (measurements using Earthflash)

age:  190 +/- 20 my
references and links:
*Earth Impact Database-Viewfield  (references)
 

Canada-Sault Au Cochons
(updated using Earthflash by R.Weller  6/17/06)
  long: 70 deg. 5 min. 33 sec. W      lat: 49 deg. 17 min. 9 sec. N
diameter: 12.7km (measurement using Earthflash)

references and links:

*Beals, C.S., Innes, M.J.S., and Rottenberg, J.A., 1960, The search for fossil meteorite crater-II: Current Science, n.6, p. 250-261.