Crater Explorer

by: Charles O’Dale

Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution II: The major portion of the data I quote in my documentation of impact structures was gleaned from this publication.

“I would rather have questions that can’t be answered than answers that can’t be questioned.” Richard Feynman

• DATA UPDATES 2023

CRATERS SORTED BY;

• • Alphabetically listed;
  • Confirmed; an impact site with documented shock features and/or meteoritic material and/or observed fall.
  • Probable; structural, geological and geophysical studies established reasonable evidence, possibly with unconfirmed reports of shock features in abstracts, but the definite shock features and/or meteoritic material is not well documented.
  • Proposed; some structural, geological and/or geophysical evidence exists but the impact origin is still highly uncertain for the lack of data.
  • Improbable; observations of the structure and/or geological context suggest a non-impact origin but alternative interpretation has not been well established.
  • Non-Impact; a non-impact origin has been well documented.
  • Extinction;

   

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• REFERENCES¹ Dence, Michael R. Structural evidence from shock metamorphism in simple and complex impact craters: Linking observations to theory. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 39. Nr 2, 267-286 (2004).² Grieve R.A.F., Impact structures in Canada, Geological Association of Canada, 2006.³ Spray J.G. et al. A marine magnetic study of the Ile Rouleau impact structure, Lake Mistassini, Quebec Canada. Meteoritics, 70th Annual Meeting (2007).⁴ Eugene M. Shoemaker, Bryan J. Kriens, Ken E. Herkenhop, GEOLOGY OF THE UPHEAVAL DOME IMPACT STRUCTURE, SOUTHEAST UTAH. Journal of Geophysical Research–Planets, April 16, 1998.⁵ Grieve R.A.F. and Head J.W. The Manicouagan impact structure: An analysis of its original dimensions and form. Journal of Geophysical Research 88:A807-A818 (1983).⁶ French, B.M. Traces of Catastrophe, Lunar and Planetary Institute, 1998⁷ Cordua, W. S., “The Rock Elm Structure, Pierce County, Wisconsin, a possible cryptoexplosion structure”, Geology, vol. 13, p. 372-374. 1985.⁸Donofrio, Richard R., IMPACT CRATERS: IMPLICATIONS FOR BASEMENT HYDROCARBON PRODUCTION. Journal of Petroleum Geology, 3, 3, pp. 279-302, 1981.“We, all of us, are what happens when a primordial mixture of hydrogen and helium evolves for so long that it begins to ask where it came from.” Jill TarterCANADIAN CRATERS