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Impact Craters

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» Earth Impact Database Open in a new browser window - Crater names, location, size, and age. Background information, images, FAQ.

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» A 'Smoking Gun' for Dinosaur Extinction Open in a new browser window
NASA JPL article on the Chicxulub crater. An image from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission shows an elevation feature of the crater. The article gives background information and interpretation of the image.

» Astronomy Picture of the Day - Barringer Crater on Earth Open in a new browser window
Aerial photograph.

» Astronomy Picture of the Day - Impact: 65 Million Years Ago Open in a new browser window
Computer rendering of Chicxulub crater, from gravity and magnetic field data.

» Astronomy Picture of the Day - Manicouagan Impact Crater on Earth Open in a new browser window
Image taken from space shuttle Columbia in 1983.

» Chicxulub Scientific Drilling Program Open in a new browser window
Multinational program to obtain and study core samples.

» Crater Open in a new browser window
A program that relates crater size to projectile size.

» Geology 376 - 2001 Field Trip Open in a new browser window
Travelogue of a geology class field trip to the Barringer meteor crater. Images, crater description, topographic map.

» Impact Craters on Earth Open in a new browser window
Map of crater locations in Canada, crater images, explanation and images of rock altered by impact.

» Impact Parameters Open in a new browser window
Online calculator for cratering effects of hypothetical asteroid impacts.

» Impact Structures Open in a new browser window
Geology, geophysics, and petrology of impact structures (meteorite impact craters) with special focus on the Azuara and Rubielos de la Cérida impact structures (Spain)

» Meteor Crater Open in a new browser window
Images and short explanations of geologic features near the rim of the Barringer meteor crater.

» Reuben Johnson's K/T Expedition -- 2001 Open in a new browser window
Background info on the Chicxulub impact crater at the K/T (Cretaceous/Tertiary) boundary with photos of the 2001 NASA/Planetary Society expedition to Belize and Mexico to study and gather ejecta samples.

» Solar System Collisions Open in a new browser window
Online calculator for effects of asteroid impact.

» Terrestrial Impact Cratering and Its Environmental Effects Open in a new browser window
World map of impact sites, details on the Chicxulub site, and details on environmental effects of impacts.

» Terrestrial Impact Craters Open in a new browser window
Background information, images, list of craters, references.

» Three Craters in Israel Open in a new browser window
Investigates the possibility they have been caused by comet fragments.

» Traces of Catastrophe Open in a new browser window
Online book. Detailed introduction and overview of impact processes, crater formation, and shock metamorphism.

» Why are impact craters always round? Open in a new browser window
The answer given in an article from Scientific American.



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