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Meteorite Impact References-by Topic
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Impact Breccia 

*Allen, C.C., Gooding, J.L., and Keil, K., 1982, Hydrothermally altered impact melt rock and breccia-cintibutions to the soil of Mars: Jour. of Geophys. Res., v.87, p. 10083-10101.

*Beals, C.S., 1957, A probable meteorite crater of great age:  Sky & Telescope, v. 16, n. 11, p. 526-528.

*Beals, C.S., Innes, M.J.S., and Rottenberg, J.A., The search for fossil meteorite craters I:  Current Science, v.  , p. 205-218.

*Beals, C.S., Innes, M.J.S., and Rottenberg, J.A., 1960, The search for fossil meteorite craters II:  Current Science, n. 6. p. 259-261.

*Beck, A.E., and Logis, Z., 1964, Terrestrial heat flow in the Brent crater:  Nature, n. 4917, p. 383, Jan 25, 1964.

*Bentley, R.D., Neathery, T.L., and Lines, G.C., 1970, a probable impact-type structure near Wetumpka, Alabama (abstr.):  EOS (Trans. AGU) v. 51, n. 4, p. 342.

*Bucher, W.H., 1963, Cryptoexplosion structures caused from without or from within the earth?  ("Astroblemes" or "Geoblemes"?):  American Jour. Sci, v. 261, p. 597-649.

*Bunch, T.E., and Cohen, A.J., 1962, Precambrian coesite (abstr):  Journ. of Geophys. Res., v. 67, n. 4, p. 1630-1630.

*Bunch, T.E., and Cohen, A.J., 1963, Coesite and shocked quartz from the Holleford crater, Ontario, Canada:  Science, v. 142, n.  , p. 379-381.

*Carter, N.L., 1965, Basal quartz deformation lamellae - a criterion for recognition of impactites:  Am. Jour. Sci., v. 263, Nov. 1965, p. 786-806.

*Cohen, A.J., Bunch, T.E., and Reid, A.M., 1961, Coesite discussion establishs cryptovolcanics as fossil meteorite craters:  Science, v. 134, p. 1624-1625.

*Currie, K.L., 1970, New Canadian cryptoexplosion crater at Lake St. Martin, Manitoba:  Nature, v. 226, p. 839-841.

*Currie, K.L., and Shafigullah, M., 1967, Carbonatite and alkaline igneous rocks in the Brent Crater, Ontario:  Nature, v. 215, p. 725-726, Aug. 12, 1967.

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

*Dawson, K.R., 1961, The origin of the Holleford Crater breccia:  Canadian Mines., v.6, p. 634.

*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., von Engelhardt, W., Walter, L.S., and Plant, A.G., 1970, Spheroids in impact glass from West Clearwater Lake crater, Quebec (abstr):  EOS (Trans AGU), v. 51, n. 4, p. 342.

*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. of Science, b. 261, p. 650-664.

*Dietz, R.S., 1964, Sudbury structure as an astrobleme:  Jour. of Geol., v. 72, n. 4, p. 412-433.

*Dutch, S.I., 1976, The Sudbury meteor impact structure:  resolution of a problem in deformational chronology abstr):  EOS (Trans AGU), v. 57, n. 4, p. 275.

*Frey, H., 1980, Crusted evolution of the early Earth:  the role of major impacts:  Precambrian Res., v. 10, p. 195-216.

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

*Grieve, R.A.F., 1978, Meteorite component 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., 1978, The petro-chemistry of the melt rocks at Brent Crater and their implications for conditions of impact:  Meteoritics, v. 13, n. 4, p. 484-487.

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

*Hartman, J.B., Dence, M.R. & Adams, J.A.S., 1971, Potassium-argon dating of shock metamorphosed rocks from the Brent impact crater, Ontario, Canada:  Jour. of Geophys. Res., v. 76, n. 23, p. 5437-5448.

*Hoppin, R.A., and Dryden, J.E., 1958, An unusual occurrence of Precambrian crystallinge rocks beneath glacial drift near Manson, Iowa:  Jour. Geol., v. 66, p. 694-699.

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

*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.

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

*Mauer, P. et al, 1978, Pre-Imbrian craters and basins:  ages, compositions and excavation depths of Apollo 16 breccias:  Geochim. et Cosmochim. Acta, v. 42, p. 1687-1720.

*Mc Intyre, D.B., 1962, Impact metamorphism at Clearwater Lake, Quebec (abstr.): Jour. Geophys. Research, v. 67, n. 4, p. 1647.

*Mc Kay, D.S. and Morrison, D. A., 1971, Lunar breccias: Jour. Geophys. Research, v. 76, p. 5658-5669.

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

*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.

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

*Ostertag, R., 1978, Continuous deposits of the Ries crater, Germany:  Meteoritics, v. 13, n. 4, p. 594-595.

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

*Robertson, P.B., and Mason, G.D., 1975, Shatter cones from Haughton Dome, Devon Island, Canada:  Nature, v. 255, p. 393-394, (May 29, 1975).

*Robertson, P.B., and Grieve, R.A.F., 1978, The Haughton impact structure: Meteoritics, v. 13, n. 4, p. 615-619.

*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., 1966, Carbonite deformation at a probable impact crater at Flynn Creek, Tennessee (abstr.): EOS (Trans AGU), v. 47, n.3, p. 493-494.

*Roddy, D.J., 1968, Comet inpact and formation of Flynn Creek and other craters with central peaks (abstr.) EOS (Trans AGU), v. 49, n.1, p. 272.

*Ronca, L.B., 1966, Meteorite impact and volcanism:  Icarus, v.5, p. 525-520.

*Rondot, J., 1968, SIgnificance of the breccia dikes of the Charlevoix structure:  Meteoritics, v. 4, n. 4, p. 291-292.

*Rondot, J., 1971, Les Breches D'Impact De Charlevoix:  Meteoritics, v.6. n.4, p. 307-308.

*Rondot, J., 1971, Impactite of the Charlevoix structure, Quebec, Canada:  Jour. of Geophys. Research, v. 76, n. 23, p. 5414-5423.

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

*Shaffiquallah, M., Coles, T.S., and Tupper, W.M., 1968, K-Ar ages on rocks from the crater at Brent, Ontario:  Earth of Planetary Sci. Letters, v. 5, p. 148-152.

*Shrock, R.R., and Malott, C.A., 1933, The Kentland area of disturbed Ordovician rocks in northwestern Indiana:  Jour. of Geol, v. 41, n. 4, p. 337-370

*Simonds, C.H., Warner, J.L., Philley, W.C., and Mc Gee, P.E., 1976, Thermal model for impact breccia lithification:  Manicouagan and the moon:  Proc. Lunar Sci. Conference 7th, p. 2509-2528.

*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. Cosmochim Acta Suppl. 7, p. 2509-2528.

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

*Smith, T.A., 1971, Geophysical study of the Manson impact crater (abstr.): EOS (Trans. AGU), v. 52, n. 4, p. 264-265.

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

*Uhlmann, D.R., and Klein, L.C., 1976, Crystalline kinetics, viscous flow and thermal histories of lunar breccias 15286 and 15498:  Proc. Lunar Sci. Conf. 7th, p. 2529-2541.

*Wilson, W.F., 1979, Remnants of a probable tertiary impact crater in south Texas:  Geol., v. 7, p. 144-146.

*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.

*Wolfe, S.H., 1971, Potassium-argon ages of the Manicouagan-Mushalagan Lakes structure:  Jour. of Geophys. Res., b. 76, n. 23, p. 5424-5436.

*Wolfe, R., Woodrow, A.O., and Grieve, R.A.F., 1980, Meteoritic material at four Canadian impact craters: Geochim. et Cosmochim. Acta, v. 44, p. 1015-1022.

 

Impact Ejecta

*Melosh, H.J., 1984, The physics of impact ejecta fragmentation and the origin of meteorites (abstr.): Meteoritics, v.18, p. 355-356.

 

Impact Fracturing 

*Currie, K.L., and Dence, M.R., 1963, Rock deformation in the rim of the New Quebec Crater, Canada:  Nature, v. 198, p. 80.

*Dence, M.R., 1964, A comparative structural and petrographic study of probable Canadian meteorite crater:  Meteoritics, v. 2, n. 3, p. 249-270.

!Impactite

*Carter, N.L., 1965, Basal quartz deformation lamellae-a criterion for recognition of impactites:  American Journal of Science, v. 263, p. 786-806.

*Dence, M.R., von Engelhardt, W., Walter, L.S., and Planet, A.G., 1970, Spheroids in impact grass from West Clearwater Lake Crater, Quebec, (asbstr.) EOS (Trans. AGU) v. 51, n. 4, p. 342.

*Dietz, R.S., 1963, Cryptoexplosion structures:  a discussion: American Journal of Science, v. 261, p. 650-664.

*Englehardt, Wolf von, 1967, Chemical composition of Ries glass bombs:  Geochim et Cosochim. Acta, v. 31, p. 167-1689.

*Greenwood, W.R., and Morrison, D.A., 1968, Genetic significance of the morphology of some impact bombs from Meteor Crate, Arizona:  Meteoritics, v. 4, n. 3, p. 182-183.

*Wilshire, H.G., and Moore, H.J., 1974, Glass-coated lunar rock fragments:  Jour. Geology, v. 82, n. 4, p. 403-417.

 

Impact Melt

*Allen, C.G., Gooding, J.L, and Keil, K. 1982, Hydrothermally altered impact melt rock and breccia:  Contributions to the soil of Mars:  Jour. of Geophysical Research, b. 87, p. 10083-10101.

*Currie, K.L., 1971, Origin of igneous rocks associated with shock metamorphism as suggested by geochemical investigations of Canadian craters:  J. Geophys. Res., v. 76, p. 5575-5585.

*Currie, K.L., 1970, New Canadian cryptoexplosion crater at Lake St. Martin, Manitoba:  Nature, v. 226, p. 839-841.

*Currie, K.L., and Shafigullah, M., 1967, Carbonatite and alkaline igneous rocks in the Brent Crater, Ontario:  Nature, v. 215, p. 725-726 (Aug. 12, 1967).

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

*Dence, M.R., 1971, Impact melts:  J. Geophys. Res., v.76. 5552-5565.

*Dence, M. R., von Englehardt, W, Plant, A.G., and Walter, L.S., 1974, Indications of fluid immiscibility in glass from West Clearwater Lake impact crater, Quebec, Canada:  Contrib. Mineral, Petrol., v. 46, p. 81-97.

*Ehmann, W.D., Stroube, W.B., Jr., Al, M.Z., & Hossain, T.I.M., 1977, Zhamanshin crater glasses:  Chemical composition and comparison with tektites:  Meteoritics, v. 12, p. 212-215.

*El Goresy, A., 1966, Metallic spherules in Bosumtwi crater glasses:  Earth Planet Sci. Letter., v.1, p. 23-24.

*Englehardt, Wolf von, 1967, Chemical composition of Ries glass bombs:  Geochim. et. Cosmochim. Acta, v. 31, p. 1677-1689

*Floran, R.J., Grieve, R.A.F., Phinney, W.C., Warner, J.L., Simonds, C.H., Blanchard, D.P., and Dence, M.R., 1978, Manicouagan impact melt, Quebec - I, Stratigraphy, petrology and chemistry:  J. Geophys. Res. (to be published)

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

*Floran, R.J., Simonds, C.H., Grieve, R.A.F., Phinney, W.C., Warner, J.L., Rhodes, M.J., Jahn, B.M., and Dence, M. R., 1976, Petrology structure and origin of the Manicouagan melt sheet, Quebec, Canada:  Geophys, Res. Lett., v. 3., p. 49

*Fregerslev, S., and Carstens, H., 1976, Fe-Ni metal in impact melts of Lake Lappajarvi, Finland:  Contrib. Mineral, Petrol, 55, p. 255-263

*Frey, H., 1980, Crustal evolution of the early Earth:  the role of major impacts:  Precambrian Res., v.10, p. 195-216.

*Glikson, A.Y., 1976, Earliest Precambrian ultramafic-mafic volcanic rocks: ancient oceanic crust or relic terrestrial maria?:  Geology, n. 4, p. 201-205.

*Grieve, R.A.F., 1975, Petrology and chemistry of the impact melt at Mistastin Lake Crater, Labrador:  GSA Bull., v. 86, p. 1617-1629.

*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., Dence, M.R., and Robertson, P.B., 1977, Cratering Processes:  As interpreted from the occurrence of impact melts: in- D.J. Roddy, R.O. Pepin and R.B. Merrill (editors), Impact and Explosion Cratering:  Pergamon Press, New York, N.Y., p. 7901-814.

*Grieve, R.A.F., 1978, The petro-chemistry of the melt rocks at Brent Crater and their implication for the conditions of impact:  Meteoritics, v. 13, n. 4, p. 484-487.

*Grieve, R.A.F., 1978, Meteorite component 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. & Floran, R.J., 1978, Manicouagan impact melt, Quebec, 2, chemical interrelations with basement and formational processes:  J. Geophys. Res., v. 83, n. B6

*Grieve, R.A.F., Dence, M.R. & Robertson, P.B., 1978, Cratering processes:  as interpreted from the occurence of impact melts: in- Impact and explosion cratering, ed., by D.J. Roddy, R.O. Pepin, Merrill, R.B., Pergamon, N.Y. (in press) 1978.

*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.

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

*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., 1971, Potassium-argon dating of shock-metamorphosed rocks from the Brent impact crater, Ontario, Canada:  Jour. of Geophys Res., v. 76, n. 23, p. 5437-5448.

*Hawke, B.R., 1976, Ponded material on the North Rim of King Crater: influence of pre-event topography on the distribution of impact melt (abstr):  EOS (Trans AGU), v. 57, n. 4, p. 275.

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

*Jahn, B.M., Floran, R.J., and Simonds, C.H., 1978, Rb-Sr isochron age of the Manicouagan melt sheet, Quebec, Canada:  J. Geophys. Res., v. 83, n. 9

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

*Lange, M.A.,  Ahrens, T.J., 1979, Impact melting during the first 1.5 b.y. of lunar history:  Lunar Planet. Sci. (Houston), X: p. 700-702

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

*Marchand, M., 1976, A geochemical and geochronologic investigation at Mistastin Lake and Sudbury, Ontario:  Ph.D. thesis, Mc Master, Univ.

*Marchand, M., and Crockett, J.H., 1977, Sr isotopes and trace element geochemistry of the impact melt and target rocks at the Mistastin Lake Crater, Labrador:  Geochim. et Cosochim. Acta, v. 41, p. 1487-1496.

*Mc Intyre, D.B., 1962, Impact metamorphism at Clearwater Lake, Quebec (abstr.):  Jour. of Geophys. Research, v. 67. n. 4, p. 1647.

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

*Milton, D., Littlers, J., Fahey, J., and Shoemaker, E., 1962, Petrography of glossy ejecta from the Scooter 0.5 kiloton high explosive cratering experiment, Nevada: in- Astrogeologic Studies Prog. Rept., 1961, USGS, p. 88-92

*Newton, H.E., 1980, Hydrothermal alteration of impact melt sheets with implications for Mars:  Icarus, v. 44, p. 207-216

*Onorato, P.I.K., Uhlmann, D.R., and Simonds, C.H., 1976, Heat flow in impact melts: Apollo 17 Station 6 Boulder and some applications to other breccias and xenolith-laden melts:  Proc. Lunar Sci. Conf. 7th, p. 244902467

*Onorato, P.I.K., Uhlmann, D.R., and Simonds, C.H., 1978, The thermal history of the Manicouagan impact melt sheet, Quebec:  Journal of Geophys. Res., v. 83, n. B6, p. 2789-2798.

*Palme, H. & Grieve, R.A.F., 1978, The chemical composition of the impact melt at the Clearwater East impact structure, Quebec, Canada:  Meteoritics, v. 13, n. 4, p. 595-596.

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

*Palme, H., Rammensee, W., and Reimold, V., 1980, The meteoritic component of impact melts from European impact craters (abstr.):  Lunar Planet, Sci. XI, p. 848-851. Lunar Planet. Inst.

*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., 1980, The meteoritic contamination of terrestrial and lunar impact melts and the problem of indigenous siderophiles in the lunar highland:  Proc. 11th Lunar Planet Sci. Conf., Geochim. Cosmochim, Acta Suppl. 14, v. 1, p. 481-506.

*Palme, H., Grieve, R.A.F., and Wolfe, 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.

*Peredery, W.V., 1972, Chemistry of fluidal glasses and melt bodies in the Onaping formation: in- J.V.Gug-Braz (ed.), Recent Developments in Sudbury Geology. Geol. Assoc. Can. Spec. Pop., 10, p. 49-60

*Phinney, W.C., and Simonds, C.H., 1977, Dynamical implications of the petrology and distribution of impact melt rocks: in-D.J. Roddy, R.O. Pepin, and R.B. Merrill (eds.) Impact and Explosion Cratering. Pergamon, New York, N.Y., 1977, p. 771-780

*Reimold, W.V., Grieve, R.A.F., and Palme, H., 1981, Rb-Sr dating of the impact melt from East Clearwater, Quebec:  Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 76, p. 73-76.

*Reimold, W.V., and Stoffler, D., 1979, Isotope, major and trace element chemistry of the Lappajarvi impact melt:  Meteoritics, v. 14, p. 526-528

*Reimold, W.V., Stoffler, D., and Stockelmann, D., 1980, The mixing process of different target lithologies in the Lappajarvi impact melt (abstr):  Lunar Planet. Sci. IX, p. 917-919, Lunar Planet, Inst.

*Reimold, W.V., Grieve, R.A.F., and Palme, H. 1981, Rb-Sr dating of impact melt from East Clearwater, Quebec:  Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., v. 76, p. 73-76

*Rondot, J., 1971, Les Breches D'Impact De Charlevoix:  Meteoritics, v. 6, n. 4, p. 307-308

*Rondot, J., 1971, Impactite of the Charlevoix structure, Quebec, Canada:  Jour. of Geophys. Research, v. 76, n. 23, p. 5415-5423

*Ryder, G., and Spudis, P.D., 1987, Chemical composition and origin of Apollo 15 impact melts.  Jour. Geophys. Res. B, Solid Earth and Planets,: in- Proceedings of the 17th lunar and planetary science conf., part 2, (Graham Ryder, ed. and others), v. 92, n. 4, March 30, 1987.  p.e432-e446.

*Schabers, G.G., Scott, D.R., and Irwin, J.B., 1972, Glass in the bottom of small lunar craters: an observation from Apollo 25:  GSA Bull., v.83, p. 1573-1578.

*Shaffiqullah, M., Tupper, W.M., and Kole, T.S., 1968, K-Ar ages on rocks from the crater at Brent, Ontario:  Earth and Planetary Sci. Letters, v. 5, p. 148-152

*Simonds, C.H., 1975, Thermal regimes in impact melts and petrology of the Apollo 17 Station 6, Boulder:  Proc. Lunar Sci. Conf. 6th, p. 641-672

*Simonds, C.H., Warner, J.L., and Phinney, W.C., 1976, Thermal regimes in cratered terrane with emphasis on the role of impact melt: Am. Mineral, v. 61, p. 569-577.

*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.

*Stoffler, D., Wekekinds, J.A., Polkowski, G., and Gault, D.E., 1972, Experimental hypervelocity impact craters in quartz and distribution and shock metamorphism of ejected mass (abstr.):  EOS (Trans. AGU), v. 53, n. 11, p. 1036.

*Stoffler, D., and Hornemann, V., 1972, Quartz and feldspar glasses produced by natural and experimental shock:  Meteoritics, v. 7, p. 371-394.

*Taylor, S.R., and Kaye, M., 1969, Genetic significance of the chemical composition of tektites:  A review:  Geochim. et  Cosmochim. Acta, v. 33, p. 1083-1100.

*Taylor, S.R., and Mc Lennan, S.M., 1979, Chemical relationships among irghizites, zhamanshinites, Australasian (?) tektites and Henbury impact glasses:  Geochim. Cosmochim, Acta, v. 43, p. 1551-1566.

*Taylor, S.R., and Mc Lennan, S.M., 1980, Author's reply to comments on "chemical relationships among irghizites, zhamanshinites, Australasian (?) tektites and Henbury impact glass" by J.O'Keefe:  Geochim.et Cosmochim. Acta, v. 44, p. 2153-2157

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

*Winzer, S.R., Lum, R.K.L., and Schumann, S., 1976, Rb-Sr and strontium isotopic composition, K/Ar age and large ion lithophile trace element abundances in rocks and glasses form Wanapitei Lake Impact structure:  Geochim. et Cosmochim. Acta, v. 40, p. 51-58.

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

*Wolfe, R., Woodrow, A.B., and Grieve, R.A.F., 1980, Meteoritic material at four Canadian impact craters:  Geochim. Cosmochim, Acta, v. 44. p/ 1015-1022.

 

Impact Process 

*Settle, M., and Head, J.W., 1979, The role of rim slumping in the modification of lunar impact craters: Jour. Geophys. Res., v.84, p. 3081-3096.

*Shoemaker, E.M., 1992, Large-body impact is a geologic process (abstr.): Abstracts with Prog. GSA,  GSA 1992 annual meeting, v.24, n.7, 1992, p. 134.

*Solomon, S.C., Comer, R.P., and Head, J.W., 1982, The evolution of impact basins- viscous relaxation of topographic relief: Jour. Geophys. Res., v.87, p. 3975-3992.

 

Iridium Anomaly 

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*Crocket, J.H., Officer, C.B., Wezel, F.C., and Johnson, G.C., 1988, Distribution of noble metals across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary at Gubbio, Italy:  Iridium variation as a constraint on the duration and nature of Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary events:  Geology, v. 16, p. 77-80.

*Alvarez, L.W., et al, 1988, Instrumental measurement of iridium abundances in the part-per-trillion range following neutron activation (abs.) of American Chem., Soc. Nat'l Meetings, 196th, Los Angeles, Sept 25-30, 1988):  Washington, D.C. American. Chem. Soc., p. NVCL-30

*Officer, C.B., 1992, The relevance of iridium and microscopic dynamic deformation features toward understanding the Cretaceous/Tertiary transition:  Terra Nova, v. 4, p. 394-404.

*Alvarez, L.W., Alvarez, W., Asaro, F., and Michel, H.V., 1980, Extraterrestrial cause for the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction:  Science, v. 208,n. 4448, p. 1094-1108.

*Asaro, F., Michel, H.V., Alvarez, W., Alvarez, L.W., Maddocks, R.F., and Bunch, T., 1982, Iridium and other geochemical profiles near the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in a Brazos River, section in Texas: in- Maddocks, R.F., ed., Texas Ostracoda:  Houston, Texas, Univ. of Houston, Dept of Geosciences, p. 238-241.

*Baedecker, P.A., 1971, Iridium (77), in- Mason, B., ed., Handbook of elemental abundances in meteorite:  New York, Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, v. 1, p. 463-471.

*Ganapathy, R., Gartner, S., and Jiang, M.J., 1981, Iridium anomaly at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in Texas:  Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 54, p. 393-396.

*Nichols, D.J., Jarzen, D.M., Orth, C.J., and Oliver, P.O, 1986, Palynological and iridium anomalies at Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary, south-central Saskatchewan:  Science, v. 231, n. 4739, Feb. 14, 1986, p. 714-717.

*Orth, C.J., 1962, Iridium abundance measurements across the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary in the San Juan and Raton Basins of northern New Mexico: in- Silver, L.T. and Schultz, P.H., eds., Geological implications of impacts of large asteroids and comets on the Earth-Special paper 190: Boulder, GSA, p. 423-433.

*Orth, C.J., Gilmore, J.S., Knight, J.D., Pillmore, C.L., Tschudy, R.H., and Faset, J.E., 1981, An iridium abundance anomaly at the palynological Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in northern New Mexico:  Science, v. 214, p. 1341-1343.

*Orth, C.J., et al, 1981, Iridium anomaly at the palynological Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in New Mexico (abstr):  EOS (Trans. AGU): in-AGU 1981, Spring meeting, V. 62, n. 17, April 28, 1981, p. 438

*Orth, C.J., et al, 1983, Search in the San Juan Basin, New Mexico for the Cretaceous-Tertiary iridium anomaly comparisons with Raton Basin results (abstr): Abstracts with Programs-GSA, v. 15, n. 5, March 1983, p. 308.

*Orth, C.J. et al, 1986, Trace-element anomalies at the Mississippian-Pennsylvanian boundary in Oklahoma and Texas: Geology, v. 14, p. 986-990.

*Palme, H., 1982, Identification of projectiles of large terrestrial impact craters and some implications for this interpretation of Ir-rich Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary layers: in- Silver, L.T., and Schultz, P.H., eds., Geological implications of impacts of large staroids and comets on the Earth-Special Paper, 196: Boulder, GSA, P. 223-234

*Playford, P.E., et al, 1984, Iridium anomaly in the Upper Devonian of the Canning Basin, Western Australia:  Science, v. 226, p. 437-439

*Wilde, P., Berry, W.B., Quinby-Hunt, M.S., Orth, C.J., Quintana, L.R., and Gilmore, J.S., 1986, Iridium abundances across the Ordovician-Silurian stratotype: Science, v. 233, p. 339-341, n. 4761, July 18, 1986.