Cochise College Meteorite Impact References by Topic
Cochise College Collected by Roger Weller
wellerr@cochise.edu
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Economic Aspects
*Masaitis, V.L., 1992, The economic geology of impact craters: International Geology Review, v.31, p.922-933.
Extinctions
*Alvarrez, L.W., Alvarrez, W., Asaro, F., and Michel, H.V., 1980, Extraterrestrial cause for the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction: Science, v.208, p. 1095-1108.
*Hut, P. et al, 1985, Comet showers as possible causes of stepwise mass extinctions (abstr): EOS Transactions, AGU, v. 66, n. 46, Nov 12, 1985, p. 813.
*Hut, P., Alvarez, W., Elder, W.P., Hansen, T., Kauffman, E.G., Keller, G., Shoemaker, E.M., and Weissman, P.R., 1987, Comet showers as a cause of mass extinctions: Nature (London), v. 329, n. 6135, Sept. 10, 1987, p. 118-126.
*Mc Ghee, G.R., Jr., Orth, C.J., Quintana, L.R., Gilmore, J.S. & Olsen, E.J., 1986, The Late Devonian "Kellwasser Event" mass-extinction horizon in Germany: No geochemical evidence for a large-body impact: Geology, v. 14, p. 776-779.
*Mc Ghee, G.R., Jr., Gilmore, J.S., Orth, C.J., and Olsen, E., 1984, No geochemical evidence for asteroid impact at Late Devonian mass extinction horizon: Nature, v. 308, p. 629-631.
*Playford, P.E., Mc Laren, D.J., Orth, C.J., Gilmore, J.S., and Goodfellow, W.D., 1984, Iridium anomaly in the Upper Devonian of the Canning Basin, Western Australia: Science, v. 226. p. 437-439.
*Wilde, P., 1984, Destabilization of the oceanic density structure and its significance to marine "extinction" events: Paleogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 48, p. 143-162.
Fluid Inclusions
*Komor, S.C., Valley, J.W., and Brown, P.E., 1988, Fluid-inclusion evidence for impact impact heating at the Siljan Ring, Sweden: Geology, v.16, p. 711-715.
*Schreyer, W., 1983, Metamorphism and fluid inclusions in the basement of the Vredefort Dome, South Africa; Guidelines to the origin of the structure: Jour. of Petrology, v.24, p. 26-47.
Frequency/Statistics
*Baldwin, R.B., 1965, The crater diameter-depth relationship from Ranger photographs: Astron. Jour., v. 70, p. 545-547.
*Chapman, C.R., Haefner, R.R., 1967, A critique of methods for analysis of the diameter - frequency relation for craters with special application to the Moon: J. Geophys, Res. 72, p. 549-557.
*Chapman, C.R. & 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. & Mitch, 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.
*Dachille, F., 1976, Frequency of the formation of large terrestrial impact craters: Meteoritics, v. 11, n. 4, p. 270-271
*Dence, M.R., 1973, Dimensional analysis of impact structures: Meteoritics, v. 8, p. 343-344.
*Frey, H., 1980, Crustal evolution of the early Earth: the role of major impacts: Precambrian Res., v. 10, p. 195-216.
*Gault, D.E., 1970, Saturation and equilibrium conditions for impact cratering on the lunar surface: Criteria and implications: Radio. Sci., v. 5, p. 273-290.
*Gault, D.E., Guest, J.E., Murray, J.B., Dzurisin, D. & Malin, M.C., 1975, Some comparisons of impact craters on Mercury and the Moon: J. Geophys Res., v. 80, p. 2444-2460.
*Grieve, R.A.F., and Robertson, P.B., 1979, The terrestrial cratering record: Icarus, v. 38, p. 212-229.
*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.
*Hartman, W.K., 1965, Terrestrial and lunar flux of large meteorites in the last two billion years: Icarus, v. 4, p. 157-165.
*Hartmann, W.K., 1967, Lunar crater counts. II, Three lunar surface type-areas: Comm. Lunar Planet Lab., v. 6, p. 39-41.
*Hartmann, W.K., 1968, Lunar crater counts IV: The young craters Tycho, Aristarchus, and Copernicus: Ariz. Univ. Lunar Planetary Lab. Comm.,v.7. pt. 3, p. 145-156.
*Hartmann, W.K., 1977, Cratering in the solar system: Sci, American, Jan. 1977, v. 236, n. 1, p. 84-99.
*Hartmann, W.K., 1977, Relative crater production rates on planets: Icarus, v. 31, p. 260-276
*Hartmann, W.K., 1977, Cratering in the solar system: Sci. Amer., v. 236, p. 84-99
*Hawkins, G.S., 1963, Impacts on the Earth and Moon: Nature, n. 4869, p. 781.
*Impact and Explosion Cratering - Planetary and Terrestrial Implication. Proceedings of Symposium on Planetary Cratering Mechanics, Flagstaff, Az, Sept.13-17, 1976: 900 pages, (66 technical papers): Pergamon Press, Headington Hill Hall, Oxford, England.
*Mullins, W.W., 1976, An estimator of the underlying size distribution of overlapping impact craters: Icarus, v. 29, p. 113-123.
*O'Keefe, J.D. and Ahrens, T.J., 1978, Impact flows and crater scaling on the moon: Phys. Earth Planet. Int., v. 16, p. 341-351.
*Pike, R.J., 1972, Geometric similitude of lunar and terrestrial craters: Internet. Geol. Cong., 24th, Montreal, Canada, 1972: Comptes rendus, sec. 15, p. 41-47.
*Pike, R.J., 1980, Geometric interpretation of lunar craters: USGS Prof. Paper - 1046C, 77 pages
*Pike, R.J., 1974, Depth/diameter relations of fresh lunar craters: Revisions from spacecraft data: Geophys. Res. Lett., v. 1, p. 291-294.
*Pike, R.J., 1977, Size dependence in the shape of fresh impact craters on the Moon: in- Impact and Explosion Cratering LD.J. Roddy, R.O. Pepin, & R.B. Merrill, eds, p. 489-509: Pergamon, Elmsford, NY.
*Shoemaker, E.M., 1977, Astronomically observable forming projectiles: in- D.J. Roddy, R.O. Pepin, and R.B. Merrill, (eds), Impact and explosive cratering: Pergamon, New York, NY, 2977, p. 617-628
*Shoemaker, E.M. and Wolfe, R.F., 1987, Crater production on Venus and Earth by asteroid and comet impact (abst.): NASA Technical Memorandum 89810 May 1987, p. 402-404.
*Smith, E.J., 1970, The determination of origin of small lunar and terrestrial craters by depth-diameter ratio (abst.): EOS (Trans AGU), v. 51. n. 4, p. 342.
*Smith, E.T., 1971, Determination of origin of small lunar and terrestrial craters by depth- diameter ratio: Jour. of Geophys. Res., v. 76, n. 23, p. 5683-5689
*Steinberg, G.S., 1968, Inapplicability of Baldwin's relation for determining the cause of formation of lunar craters: Jour. Geophys. Res., v. 73, p. 6125-6134.
*Stoffler, D., Wedekind, J.A., Polkowski, G., and Gault, D.E., 1972, Experimental hypervelocity impact craters in quartz sand: distribution and shock metamorphism of ejected mass: EOS (Trans AGU), v. 53, n.11, p. 1036.
*Strom, R.G., 1977, Origin and relative age of lunar and Mercurian intercrater plains: Phys. Earth Planet. Interiors, in press.
*Strom, R.G., & Whitaker, E.A., 1977, Populations of impacting bodies in the inner solar system: (in prep.)
*Vedder, J.F., 1971, Hypervelocity impacts by low density microparticles in mineral dust (abstr.): EOS (Trans AGU), b. 52, n. 4, p. 264.
*Wethrill, G.W./, 1976, Total number of earth-crossing Apollo objects with radii larger than 500 meters (abstr): EOS (Trans AGU), v. 57, n. 4, p. 275.
*Wetherill, G.W., and Shoemaker, E.M., 1982, Collision of astronomically observable bodies with the Earth: in- Silver, L.T. and Schultz, P.M., eds., Geological implications of impacts of large asteroid and comets with the Earth: Sp. Paper 190: Boulder, GSA, p. 1-14
*Woronow, A., 1975, A size-frequency study of large Martian craters: Ph.D. diss., Harvard Univ.
*Woronow, A., 1977, A size-frequency study of large Martian craters: J. Geophys, Res., (in press)
*Woronow, A., 1978, A general cratering-history model and its implications for the lunar highlands: Icarus, v. 34, p. 76-88
Gravity Anomalies
*Bull, C., Corbato, C.E., and Zahn, J.C., 1975, Gravity survey of the Serpent Mound area, southern Ohio: Ohio J. Sci., v. 67, p. 359-371.
*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.
*Geyer, R.A. & 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.
*Grieve, R.A.F., 1980, Impact bombardment and its role in proto-continental growth on the early crust: Precambrian Res., v. 10, p. 217-247.
*Innes, M.J.S., 1964, Recent advances in meteorite crater research at the Dominion Observatory, Ottawa, Canada: Meteoritics, v. 2, n. 3, (Dec. 1964), p. 219-241.
*Innes, M.J.S., and Tanner, J.G., 1964, Gravity anomalies in Northern Saskatchewan and Alberta: Gravity Map Series (in preparation)
*Innes, M.J.S., 1961, The use of gravity methods to study the underground structure and impact energy of meteorite craters: Jour. Geophys. Research, v. 66, p. 2235.
*Mc Intyre, D.B., 1962, Impact metamorphism at Clearwater Lake, Quebec: Jour. Geophys. Res., v. 67, n. 4, p. 1647.
*Seeger, C. R., 1970, Geophysical investigation of the Versailles cryptoexplosion structure and Middlesboro basin cryptoexplosion structure, Kentucky (abstr): EOS (Trans. AGU), v. 51, n. 4, p. 342.
*Smith, T.A., 1971, Geophysical study of the Manson impact crater (abstr): EOS (Trans AGU), v. 52, n. 4, p. 264-265.
*Sweeney, J.F., 1978, Gravity study of great impact: Jour. Geophys. Research, v. 83, n. 9, p. 2809-2815.
Hydrothermal Alteration
*Allen, C.C., Gooding, J.L., and Keil, K., 1982, Hydrothermally altered impact melt rock and breccia-contributions to the soil of Mars: Jour. Geophys. Res., v.87, p. 10083-10101.
*Ames, D.E., and Gibson, H.L., 1995, Controls on and geological setting of hydrothermal alteration within the Onaping Formation, footwall to the Errington and Vermilion base metal deposits, Sudbury Structure, Ontario: Geological Survey of Canada Current Research 1995-E, p. 161-173.
*Mc Carville. P., and Crossey, L.J., 1996, Post-impact hydrothermal alteration of ther Manson impact structure: in- Koeberl, C., and Anderson, R.R., eds., The Manson impact structure, Iowa- anatomy of an impact crater: Geol. Soc. America Special Paper 302, p. 347-376.
*Newsom, H.E., 1980, Hydrothermal alteration of impact melt sheets with implications for Mars: Icarus, v.44, p. 207-216.