!Meteorite Impact References-by Location-Ghana through Mongolia
!Ghana-Ashanti-Bosumtwi
*lat: 6 deg. 32 min. N, long: 1 deg. 25 min. W
*diameter: 10.5 km
*age: 1.3 +/- 0.2 mya
*Bucher, W.H., 1963, Cryptoexplosion structures caused from without or from within the
earth?: ("Astroblemes" or "Geoblemes"?): Am. Jour. Sci., v.261, p. 597-649.
*Cohen, A.J., Bunch, T.E., and Reid, A.M., 1961, Coesite discoveries establish
cryptovolcanics as fossil meteorite craters: Science, v.134, p. 1624-1625.
*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. Science, v.261, p.
650-664.
*El Goresy, A., 1966, Metallic spherules in Bosumtwi crater glasses: Eart Planet. Sci.
Lett., v.1, p. 23-24.
*Gentner, W., Lippolt, H.J., and Schaeffer, O.A., ms., 1962, Kalium-Argon Alter der
Glaser des Nordlinger Rieses und der Bohmisch-Mahrischen Tectite: Heidelberg, Max
Planck Institut fur Kernphysik, p. 1-9.
*Junner, N.R., 1937, The geology of the Bosumtwi caldera and surrounding country:
Gold Coast Geol. Survey Bull.., n.8, 33 p.
*Littler, J., Fahey, J., Dietz, R.S., and Chao, E., 1961, Coesite from Lake Bosumtwi
Crater, Ashanti, Ghana: Astrogeologic Studies, 1961 Report, USGS, p.79-86.
*Mc Call, G.J.H., 1964, Are cryptovolcanic struvtures due to meteoric impact?: Nature,
v.201, n.4916, p. 251-254.
*Maclaren, M., 1931, Lake Bosumtwi, Ashant: Geog. Jour., v.78, n.3, p. 270-276.
*Palme, H., et al, 1978, Meteorite material at five large impact structures: Geochim. et
Cosmochim. Acta, v.42, p. 313-323.
*Rohleder, H.P.T., 1936, Lake Bosumtwi, Ashanti, Geog Jour., v.87, p. 51-65.
*Schnetzler, C.C., Pinson, W.H., and Hurley, P.M., 1966, Rubidium-strontium age of the
Bosumtwi crater area, Ghana, compared with the age of Ivory Coast Tektites: Science,
v.151, p. 817-619.
!Greenland-Agto
*Jensen, V., 1971, Early Precambrian impact structure and associated hyalomylonites
near Agto, west Greenland: Nature, v.233, p. 189-190.
!India-Maharashtra-Lonar
*lat: 19 deg. 59 min. N (or 19 deg. 58 min. N), long: 76 deg. 34 min. E (or 76 deg. 31
min. E)
*diameter: 1.83 km
*age: 50,000 years
*Crawford, A.R., 1972, Possible impact structures in India: Nature, v.237, p.96.
*Dietz, R.S., and Mc Hone, J., 1974, Impact structures from ERTS imagery: Meteoritics,
v.9, n.4, p. 329-333.
*Fredrickson, K., Dube, A., Milton, D.J., and Balasundaram, M.S., 1973, Lonar Lake,
India- an impact crater in basalt: Science, v.180, p.862-864.
*Millman, P.M., 1971, The space scars of Earth: Nature, v.232, p.161-164.
!India-Ramgarh
*lat: 25 deg 20 min. N, long: 76 deg. 37 min. #
*diameter: 3 km
*Dietz, R.S., and Mc Hone, J., 1974, Impact structures from ERTS imagery: Meteoritics,
v.9, n.4, p. 329-333.
!Iraq-Al Umchaimin
*lat: 32 deg. 41 min. N, long: 39 deg. 35 min. E
*diameter: 3.2 km
!Libya-"B.P." Structure
*lat: 25 deg. 19 min. N, long: 24 deg. 20 min. E
*diameter: 2.8 km
*age: less than 120 mya
*French, B.M., Underwood, J.R., and Fisk, E.P., 1974, Shock-metamorphism features at
two meteorite impact structures, southeastern Libya: Bull. GSA, v.85, p. 1425-1428.
!Libya-"Oasis"
*lat: 24 deg. 35 min. N, long: 24 deg. 24 min. E
*diameter: 11.5 km
*age: less than 120 mya
!Mars-General Category
*Carr, M.H., et al, 1977, Martian impact craters and emplacement of ejecta by surface
flow: Jour. Geophys. Res., v.82, n.28, p.4055-4065.
*Chapman, C.R., and 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., and Mutch, 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.
*Hartmann, W.K., 1977, Cratering in the solar system: Sci. American, v.236, n.1, p. 8499.
*Mc Gill, 1989, Buried topography of Utopia, Mars-persistence of a great impact
depression: Jour. Geophys. Res.B, Solid Earth and Planets, v. 94, n.3, p. 2753-2759.
*Mc Gill, G.E., and Wise, D.U., 1971, Crater degeneration variations in several Martian
regions, Mariner 6 and 7 photos (abstr.): EOS (Trans. AGU), v.52, n.4, p. 264.
*Newson, H.E., 1980, Hydrothermal alteration of impact melt sheets wwith imlications
for Mars: Icarus, v.44, p.207-216.
*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.
*Wilhelms, D.E., and Squires, S.W., 1984, The Borealis Basin of Mars (abstr.): NASA
Tech. Memorandum, v.86246, P. 110-112.
*Wilhelms, D.E., and Squires, S.W., 1984, The Martian hemisphere dichotomy may be
due to a giant impact: Nature, v.309, n.5964, p. 138, 140.
*Wood, C.A., and Head, J.W., 1976, Comparison of impact basins on Mercury, Mars and
the Moon: Proc. 7th Lunar Sci. Conf., p. 3629-3651.
*Woronow, A., 1975, A size-frequency study of large Martian craters: Ph.D diss.,
Harvard Univ.
!Mauritania-Aouelleoul
*lat: 21 deg. 15 min. N, long: 12 deg. 41 min. W
*diameter: 370 m
*Age: 3.1 +/- mya
*Fudai, R.F., and Cassidy, W.A., 1972, Gravity reconnaissance of three Mauritanian
craters of explosive origin: Meteoritics, v.7, p. 51-70.
*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.5683-5689.
!Mauritania-Temichart
*lat: 24 deg. 15 min. N, long: 9 deg. 39 min. W
*diameter: 730 m
*age: less than 3 mya
!Mauritania-Tenoumer
*lat: 22 deg. 55 min. N, long: 10 deg. 24 min. W
*diameter: 1.9 km
*age: 2.4 +/- 0.5 mya
*French, B.M., Hartung, J.B., Short, N.M., and Dietz, R.S., 1970, Tenoumer crater,
Mauritania-age and petrologic evidence of origin by meteoritic impact: Jour. Geophys.
Res., v.75, n.23, p. 4396-4406.
!Mercury-General
*Cintala, M.J., Head, J.W., and Mutch, 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.
*Frey, H., and Lowry, B.L., 1979, Large impact basins on Mercury-implications for
relative crater production rates (abstr.): in- Lunar and Planetary Science, X. Lunar and
Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas, p.402
*Gault, D.E., Guest, J.E., Murray, J.B., Dzurisin, D., and Malin, M.C., 1975, Some
comparisons of impact craters on Mercury and the Moon: Jour. Geophys. Res., v.80, p.
2444-2460.
*Hartmann, W.K., 1977, Cratering in the solar system: Sci. American, v.236, n.1, p. 8499.
*Malin, M.C., and Dzurzin, D., 1979 (1978?), Modification of fresh crater landformsevidence from the Moon and Mercury: Jour. Geophys. Res., v.83, p. 233-243.
*Pike, R.J., and Clow, G.D., 1983, Geomorphology of craters on Mercury (abstr.):
Abstracts with Programs-GSA, in- GSA, 96th ann. meeting, v.15, n.6, p. 661
*Schaber, G.G., and Boyce, J.M., 1977, Probable distribution of large impact basins on
Venus-comparison with Mercury and Moon: in- D.J. Roddy, R.O. Pepin, and R.B.,
Merrill, eds., Impact and explosion cratering, Pergamon, New York.
*Spudis, P.D., 1984, Mercury-new identification of ancient mult-ring basin and
implications for geologic evolution (abstr.): NASA Tech. Memorandum, v.86246, p. 8789.
*Wood, C.A., and Head, J.W., 1976, Comparison of impact basins on Mercury, Mars,
and the Moon: Proc. 7th Lunar Sci. Conf., p. 3629-3651.
!Mexico-Chicxulub
*Alvarez, W., et al, 1992, Proximal impact deposits at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary
in the Gulf of Mexico-a study of DSDP ;leg 77, sites 536 and 540: Geology, v.20, p.697700.
*Bailey, J.V., Cohen, A.S., and Kring, D.A., 2003, Experimentally derived constraints on
calcareous lacustrine fossil preservation following the Chicxulub acid trauma (abstr.):
31st Annual Geodaze Geoscience Symposium, Program and Abstracts, Univ. of Arizona,
Tucson, p. 56.
*Bohor, B.F., and Seitz, R., 1990, Cuban K/T catastrophe: Nature, v.344, p. 593.
*Hildebrand, A.R., and Boynton, W.V., 1990, Proximal Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary
impact deposits: Science, v.248, p.843-847.
*Hildebrand, A.R., et al, 1991, Chicxulub crater-a possible Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary
impact crater on the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico: Geology, v.19, p. 867-871.
*Keller, G., Mac Leod, N., Lyons, J.B., and Officer, C.B., 1993, No evidence for
Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary-age deep water deposits in the Caribbean and Gulf of
Mexico: Geology, v.21, p.776-780.
*Koeberl, C., 1993, Chicxulub crater, Yucatan-tectites, impact glasses, and the
geochemistry of target rocks and breccias: Geology, v.21, p. 211-214.
*Meterhoff, A.A., Lyons, J.B., and Officer, C.B., 1994, Chicxulub structure- a volcanic
sequence of late Cretaceous age: Geology, v.22, p. 3-4.
*Officer, C.B., Drake, C.L., Pindell, J.L., and Meyerhoff, A.A., 1992, CretaceousTertiary events and the Caribbean caper: GSA Today, v.2, p. 69-75.
*Perry, E.C., Winter, D.J., Sagar, B., and Wu, B., 1992, The Chicxulub structure-surface
manifestation and possible sulfur isotope signature: Lunar and Planetary Sci. Proc., v.23,
p. 1057-1058.
*Pilkington, M., Hildenbrand, A.R., and Ortiz-Aleman, C., 1994, Gravity and magnetic
field modeling and structure of the Chicxulub crater, Mexico: Jour. Geophys. Res., v.99,
p. 13147-13162.
*Pope, K.O., Ocampo, A.C., and Duller, C.E., 1991, Mexican site for K/T crater?:
Nature, v.351, p. 105.
*Pope, K.O., Ocampo, A.C., Kinsland, G.L., and Smith, R., 1996, Surface expression of
the Cicxulub crater: Geology, v.24, p.527-530.
*Quezada Muneton, J.M., Marin, L.E., Sharpton, V.L., et al, 1992, The Chicxulub impact
structure-shock deformation and target composition (abstr.): Lunar and Planetary Science
Conference Abstracts, v.23, p. 1121-1122.
*Sharpton, V.L., et al, 1992, New links between the Chicxulub impact structure and the
Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary: Nature, v.359, p. 819-821.
*Smit, J., et al, 1992, Tektite bearing deep water clastic unit at the Cretaceous-Tertiary
boundary in northern Mexico: Geology, v.20, p. 99-103.
*Stinnesbeck, W., et al, 1993, Deoposition of channel deposits proximal to the
Creytaceous/Tertiary boundary in northeast Mexico- impact or gravity flow deposits?:
Geology, v.21, p. 79-800.
*Swisher, C.C., et al, 1992, Coeval Ar-40/Ar-39 ages of 65.0 million years ago from
Chicxulub crater melt rock and Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary tektites: Science, v.257, p.
954-958.
!Mongolia-Tabun-Khara-Obo
*lat: 44 deg. 6 min. N, long: 109 deg. 36 min. E
*diameter: 1.3 km
*age: less than 30 mya
*Shlerin, L.M., 1970, Geological structure of the crater-like feature Tabun-Khara-Obo
(southeast Mongolia): Meteorika, v.35, p. 97-102 (in Russian).