Regionally extensive ejecta layer of the Australasian tektite strewn field: the MIS 20/19 large meteorite impact in mainland South-East AsiaOPEN ACCESS
Paul A. Carling, Toshihiro Tada, Ryuji Tada, Wickanet Songtham, Alan J. Cresswell, David C. W. Sanderson, Naomi Porat, Jaroon Duangkrayom, Stephen E. Darby & Praphas Chansom Progress in Earth and Planetary ScienceVolume 11, article number…
Automatic lithology identification in meteorite impact craters using machine learning algorithmsOPEN ACCESS
Emmanuel Ahene & Sylvester K. Danuor Scientific Reports, Volume 14, Article number: 14360 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Identifying lithologies in meteorite impact craters is an important task to unlock processes that have shaped the…
The Ordovician meteorite event in North America: Age of the Slate Islands impact structure, northern Lake Superior, Ontario, Canada
Andrew F. Parisi, Elizabeth J. Catlos, Michael E. Brookfield, Axel K. Schmitt, Daniel F. Stöckli, Daniel P. Miggins, Daniel S. Campos MAPS, Version of Record online: 14 May 2024 LINK “The Slate Islands (Ontario) is…
Proximal ejecta of the putative parent impact crater for Australasian tektites at the Bolaven Plateau / Reply to Mizera and Strunga: Evidence for the Bolaven impact crater and its ejectaOPEN ACCESS
Jiří Mizera and Vladimír Strunga PNAS, May 13, 2024LETTER LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Sieh et al. (Proximal ejecta of the Bolaven extraterrestrial impact, southern Laos ) support their hypothesis locating the parent impact crater…
Towards a new impact geochronometer: Deformation microstructures and U-Pb systematics of shocked xenotimeOPEN ACCESS
Cilva Joseph, Denis Fougerouse, Aaron J. Cavosie, Hugo K.H. Olierook, Steven M. Reddy, Tommaso Tacchetto, Raiza R. Quintero, Allen Kennedy, David W. Saxey, William D.A. Rickard Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online…
Ries magnetic mineralogy: Exploring impact and post-impact evolution of crater magnetismOPEN ACCESS
Bruno Daniel Leite Mendes, Agnes Kontny, Katarzyna Dudzisz, Franziska D. H. Wilke MAPS, Version of Record online: 12 April 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Large-scale impact events are some of the most catastrophic and…
Meteorites and impact structures in Chad
P. Rochette, J.C. Doumnang, J. Gattacceca, Y. Quesnel Journal of African Earth SciencesVolume 210, February 2024, 105137 LINK “The large surface of Chad (fifth largest country in Africa) as well as a desert climate over…
The Luna structure, India: A probable impact crater formed by an iron bolide
K.S. Sajinkumar, S. James, G.K. Indu, Saranya R. Chandran, Devika Padmakumar, J. Aswathi, S. Keerthy, M.N. Praveen, N. Sorcar, J.K. Tomson, Anil Chavan, Subhash Bhandari, M. Satyanarayanan, R. Bhushan, A. Dabhi, Y. Anilkumar Planetary and…
Proximal ejecta of the Bolaven extraterrestrial impact, southern LaosOPEN ACCESS
Kerry Sieh, Dayana Schonwalder Angel, Jason Herrin, Brian Jicha, Brad Singer, Vanpheng Sihavong, Weerachat Wiwegwin, Nathanael Wong, and Jia Yong Quah PNAS, received June 19, 2023; accepted October 24, 2023December 4, 2023, 120 (50) LINK…
Geophysical and structural analyses of the Middlesboro impact structure, Kentucky, USA: Reactivation of a thrust detachment of the Appalachian foreland fold-and-thrust beltOPEN ACCESS
Lars Wihanto, Thomas Kenkmann MAPSVersion of Record online: 23 November 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “This paper reports on the Middlesboro impact structure (36°37′03″ N; 83°43′39″ W), a complex impact structure located in the Appalachian foreland…
Campo del Cielo modeling and comparison with observations: II. Funnels and cratersOPEN ACCESS
R. Luther, A. Schmalen, N. Artemieva MAPSVersion of Record online: 22 November 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The Campo del Cielo impact structure exhibits several penetration funnels and impact craters. Here, we model the…
Formation of Australasian tektites from gravity and magnetic indicatorsOPEN ACCESS
Kurosh Karimi, Gunther Kletetschka, Jiří Mizera, Verena Meier & Vladimír Strunga Scientific , Volume 13, Article number: 12868 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The parent impact crater of Australasian tektites has not been discovered so…
Summanen structure: Further geological and geophysical evidence of a meteorite impact event in Central FinlandOPEN ACCESS
Satu Hietala, Jarkko Jokinen, Jouni Lerssi, Matti Niskanen, Lauri J. Pesonen, Jüri Plado MAPSVersion of Record online: 26 June 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The Summanen structure is located in Central Finland and is…
Metal microspherules in breccias of the Onaping Formation, Sudbury impact structure, Ontario, Canada
Yevgeniy P. Gurov, Vitaliy V. Permiakov MAPSVersion of Record online: 22 June 2023 LINK “Metallic microspheres have been found in rocks from the Onaping Formation of the Sudbury impact structure, Canada. Microspherules are common in…
The Ries impact and its distal effects in sediments of Central Europe—A reviewOPEN ACCESS
Jan-Michael Lange, Peter Suhr MAPSVersion of Record online: 23 March 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The Ries impact is the most important cosmic event in the younger geological history of Europe. Its effects reach…
Impact origin of the ‘Domain du Meteor’-crater, France. Compelling mineralogical and geophysical evidence for an unrecognized destructive event in the heart of Europe
F.E. Brenker and A. Junge 54th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 2023 PDF (abstract 1910) “Small impact craters (< 300m) are quite rare, and proof of an impact origin is difficult to obtain1-5, especially if…
Keurusselkä impact structure, Finland — Overview, new observations, and renewed interpretation of the sizeOPEN ACCESS
Satu Hietala, Jarmo Moilanen, Jüri Plado MAPSVersion of Record online: 05 November 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The Keurusselkä structure is one of Finland’s 12 meteorite impact structures—one of the world’s oldest (1150 ± 10 Ma) and…
Event- and biostratigraphic evidence for two independent Ries and Steinheim asteroid impacts in the Middle MioceneOPEN ACCESS
Elmar Buchner, Volker J. Sach & Martin Schmieder Scientific Reports, Volume 12, Article number: 18603Published: 03 November 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “For decades, the Nördlinger Ries and Steinheim Basin in southern Germany have…
The Chicxulub Impact Produced a Powerful Global TsunamiOPEN ACCESS
Molly M. Range, Brian K. Arbic, Brandon C. Johnson, Theodore C. Moore, Vasily Titov, Alistair J. Adcroft, Joseph K. Ansong, Christopher J. Hollis, Jeroen Ritsema, Christopher R. Scotese, He Wang AGU AdvancesFirst published: 04 October…
Paleomagnetic study of impactites from the Karla impact structure suggests protracted postimpact hydrothermalismOPEN ACCESS
Dilyara M. Kuzina, Jérôme Gattacceca, Natalia S. Bezaeva, Dmitry D. Badyukov, Pierre Rochette, Yoann Quesnel, François Demory, Daniel Borschneck MAPSVersion of Record online: 22 September 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We present a paleomagnetic…
Meteorite impact crater positions and its unrestrained latitudinal distribution
S. James, Saranya R. Chandran, J. Aswathi, Devika Padmakumar, V. Aneeshkumar, G.K. Indu, K.S. Sajinkumar Planetary and Space ScienceAvailable online 17 September 2022, 105575 LINK “Highlights • 192 Earth impact craters, formed after 1100 Ma, were…
Small impact cratering processes produce distinctive charcoal assemblagesOPEN ACCESS
A. Losiak, C.M. Belcher, J. Plado, A. Jõeleht, C.D.K. Herd, R.S. Kofman, M. Szokaluk, W. Szczuciński, A. Muszyński, E.M. Wild, S.J. Baker Geology (2022) PDF (OPEN ACCESS)Supplemental Material “The frequency of crater-producing asteroid impacts on…
The Nadir Crater offshore West Africa: A candidate Cretaceous-Paleogene impact structureOPEN ACCESS
Uisdean Nicholson, Veronica J. Bray, Sean P. S. Gulick and Benedict Aduomahor Science Advances17 Aug 2022Vol 8, Issue LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Evidence of marine target impacts, binary impact craters, or impact clusters are…
Nova Colinas, Maranhão State: A newly confirmed, complex impact structure in Brazil
Wolf Uwe Reimold, Ludovic Ferrière, Álvaro Penteado Crósta, Marcos Alberto Rodrigues Vasconcelos, Manfred Gottwald, Mauricio da Silva Borges, Teodoro Isnard Ribeiro de Almeida, Fernando Lessa Pereira, Ana Maria Goés, Natalia Hauser, Mark Jessell, David Baratoux…
The breakup of a long-period comet is not a likely match to the Chicxulub impactorOPEN ACCESS
Steven J. Desch, Alan P. Jackson, Jessica L. Noviello & Ariel D. Anbar Scientific Reports, Volume 12, Article number: 10415 (2022)Published: 21 June 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) The Original Article was published on…
The Chicxulub impact and its environmental consequences
Joanna V. Morgan, Timothy J. Bralower, Julia Brugger & Kai Wünnemann Nature Reviews Earth & EnvironmentReview Article, Published: 12 April 2022 LINK “Key points The Chicxulub impact ended the Mesozoic era and was almost certainly…
A South Pole–Aitken impact origin of the lunar compositional asymmetryOPEN ACCESS
Matt J. Jones, Alexander J. Evans, Brandon C. Johnson, Matthew B. Weller, Jeffrey C. Andrews-Hanna, Sonia M. Tikoo and James T. Keane Science Advances • 8 Apr 2022 • Vol 8, Issue 14 LINK (OPEN…
The Karla impact structure (Russia) explored by potential-field investigations
Yoann Quesnel, Natalia S. Bezaeva, Dilyara M. Kuzina, Pierre Rochette, Jérôme Gattacceca, Minoru Uehara, Dmitry D. Badyukov, Bulat M. Nasyrtdinov, Dmitry A. Chareev, Cedric Champollion MAPSVersion of Record online: 21 March 2022 LINK “With no…
A Late Paleocene age for Greenland’s Hiawatha impact structureOPEN ACCESS
Gavin G. Kenny, William R. Hyde, Michael Storey, Adam A. Garde, Martin J. Whitehouse, Pierre Beck, Leif Johansson, Anne Sofie Søndergaard, Anders A. Bjørk, Joseph A. MacGregor, Shfaqat A. Khan, Jérémie Mouginot, Brandon C. Johnson,…
U-Pb dating of zircon and monazite from the uplifted Variscan crystalline basement of the Ries impact craterOPEN ACCESS
Romain Tartèse, Stanley Endley, Katherine H. Joy MAPSVersion of Record online: 03 March 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Impact crater central peaks and peak ring complexes are important exploration targets for future missions to…
Impact melt rock from Jänisjärvi astrobleme: Study of the iron-bearing phases using Raman spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and Mössbauer spectroscopy
A. A. Maksimova, D. A. Zamiatina, D. A. Zamyatin, A. D. Ryanskaya, A. V. Chukin, M. I. Oshtrakh MAPSVersion of Record online: 03 March 2022 LINK “Iron-bearing phases in the impact melt rock (impactite) from…
The origin of the potassium-rich annular zones at the Bosumtwi impact structure, Ghana, investigated by field study, radiometric analysis, and first cosmogenic nuclide data
Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba Niang, David Baratoux, Pierre Rochette, Regis Braucher, Wolf Uwe Reimold, Philippe Lambert, Dinna Pathe Diallo, Vincent Regard, Sebastien Carretier, Mark W. Jessell, Gayane Faye, Christian Koeberl MAPSVersion of Record online: 28 February…
A new method for dating impact events – thermal dependency on nanoscale Pb mobility in monazite shock twins
Denis Fougerouse, Aaron J. Cavosie, Timmons Erickson, Steven M. Reddy, Morgan A. Cox, David Saxey, William Rickard, Michael T.D. Wingate Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 3 September 2021 LINK “To test…
Genesis and Geoecological Changes of the South Caspian Depression after a Meteorite Fall
Sh. G. Idarmachev, V. I. Cherkashin & A. Sh. Idarmachev Arid Ecosystems, Volume 11, pages 274–278 (2021)Published: 14 August 2021 LINK “The article provides data confirming the theory of the meteoric origin of the South…
Chicxulub impact structure, IODP‐ICDP Expedition 364 drill core: Geochemistry of the granite basementOPEN ACCESS
Jean-Guillaume Feignon, Sietze J. de Graaff, Ludovic Ferrière, Pim Kaskes, Thomas Déhais, Steven Goderis, Philippe Claeys, Christian Koeberl Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceFirst Published: 29 July 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The IODP-ICDP Expedition 364…
Yilan crater, China: Evidence for an origin by meteorite impact
Ming Chen, Christian Koeberl, Dayong Tan, Ping Ding, Wansheng Xiao, Ning Wang, Yiwei Chen, Xiande Xie Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceFirst Published: 29 July 2021 LINK “The Yilan crater is 1.85 km in diameter and is…
Impacts on Ceres and Vesta: Source regions, cratering, and fragmentationOPEN ACCESS
Patricio Zain, Romina Di Sisto, Gonzalo de Elia Astronomy & AstrophysicsA&A, Forthcoming article, Accepted: 24 June 2021 PDF (OPEN ACCESS)LINK “We perform a study on the impacts on Ceres and Vesta. We aim to determine…
The terrestrial impact crater record: A statistical analysis of morphologies, structures, ages, lithologies, and moreOPEN ACCESS
Thomas Kenkmann Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceFirst Published: 30 June 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The number of newly discovered and confirmed impact structures on earth is growing continuously. In this review paper, the main…
Timescales of impact melt sheet crystallization and the precise age of the Morokweng impact structure, South AfricaOPEN ACCESS
Gavin G. Kenny, Claire O. Harrigan, Mark D.Schmitz, James L. Crowley, Corey J. Wall, Marco A.G. Andreoli, Roger L. Gibson, Wolfgang D. Maier Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 567, 1 August 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)…
Shocked quartz in distal ejecta from the Ries impact event (Germany) found at ~ 180 km distance, near Bernhardzell, eastern SwitzerlandOPEN ACCESS
Sanna Holm-Alwmark, Carl Alwmark, Ludovic Ferrière, Matthias M. M. Meier, Sofie Lindström, Gavin G. Kenny, Emma Sheldon, Günter Schweigert, Christoph Spötl, Martin J. Whitehouse & Beda A. Hofmann Scientific Reports 11 , 1–15 LINK (OPEN…
Breakup of a long-period comet as the origin of the dinosaur extinctionOPEN ACCESS
Amir Siraj & Abraham Loeb Scientific Reports, Volume 11, Article number: 3803 (2021) LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The origin of the Chicxulub impactor, which is attributed as the cause of the K/T mass extinction…
Shock deformation in zircon grains from the Mien impact structure, SwedenOPEN ACCESS
Josefin Martell, Carl Alwmark, Sanna Holm‐Alwmark, Paula Lindgren Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 12 February 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Recognition of impact‐induced deformation of minerals is crucial for the identification and…
Stirred not shaken; critical evaluation of a proposed Archean meteorite impact in West GreenlandOPEN ACCESS
Chris Yakymchuk, Christopher L. Kirkland, Aaron J.Cavosie, Kristoffer Szilas, Julie Hollis, Nicholas J.Gardiner, Pedro Waterton, Agnete Steenfelt, Laure Martin Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 557, 1 March 2021, 116730 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • We…
New discovery of two seismite horizons challenges the Ries–Steinheim double-impact theoryOPEN ACCESS
Elmar Buchner, Volker J. Sach & Martin Schmieder Scientific Reports 10 , 1–14 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The Nördlinger Ries and the Steinheim Basin are widely perceived as a Middle Miocene impact crater doublet….
Evidence for shock provides insight into the formation of the central elevated area in the Dhala impact structure, India
Amar Agarwal, Satyendra Kumar, Gaurav Joshi, K. K. Agarwal Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 14 December 2020 LINK “The central elevated area is a postimpact morphological landmark in the otherwise flat eroded remnant…
First finding of impact cratering in the Korean PeninsulaOPEN ACCESS
Jaesoo Lim, Sei-Sun Hong, Min Han, Sangheon Yi, Sung Won Kim Gondwana ResearchIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 8 December 2020 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • First report of robust evidence for impact…
Quartz and cristobalite ballen in impact melt rocks from the Ries impact structure, Germany, formed by dehydration of shock‐generated amorphous phasesOPEN ACCESS
Claudia A. Trepmann, Fabian Dellefant, Melanie Kaliwoda, Kai‐Uwe Hess, Wolfgang W. Schmahl, Stefan Hölzl Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 24 November 2020 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Quartz and cristobalite ballen aggregates surrounded…
Gravity strike angles: a modern approach and tool to estimate the direction of impactors of meteoritic craters
Jaroslav Klokočník, Jan Kostelecký, Aleš Bezděk, Gunther Kletetschka Planetary and Space ScienceIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 14 October 2020 LINK “Highlights the direction of impactor is estimated by a new method, independent of all…
The Ries-Steinheim crater pair and two major earthquakes – New discoveries challenging the double-impact theoryOPEN ACCESS
Elmar Buchner, Volker Sach, Martin Schmieder Naturepreprint, under reviewPosted 27 Jul, 2020 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The Nördlinger Ries and the Steinheim Basin are widely perceived as a Middle Miocene impact crater doublet. We…
A steeply-inclined trajectory for the Chicxulub impactOPEN ACCESS
G. S. Collins, N. Patel, T. M. Davison, A. S. P. Rae, J. V. Morgan, S. P. S. Gulick, G. L. Christeson, E. Chenot, P. Claeys, C. S. Cockell, M. J. L. Coolen, L. Ferrière,…
Ramgarh, Rajasthan, India: A 10 km diameter complex impact structureOPEN ACCESS
Thomas Kenkmann, Gerwin Wulf, Amar Agarwal Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceFirst Published: 23 April 2020 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The Ramgarh structure is a morphological landmark in southeastern Rajasthan, India. Its 200 m high and…
Determining the age and possibility for an extraterrestrial impact formation mechanism of the Ilumetsa structures (Estonia)OPEN ACCESS
A. Losiak, A. Jõeleht, J. Plado, M. Szyszka, K. Kirsimäe, E. M. Wild, P. Steier, C. M. Belcher, A. M. Jazwa, R. Helde Meteoritics & Planetary Science LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The Ilumetsa…
Precise radiometric age establishes Yarrabubba, Western Australia, as Earth’s oldest recognised meteorite impact structureOPEN ACCESS
Timmons M. Erickson, Christopher L. Kirkland, Nicholas E. Timms, Aaron J. Cavosie & Thomas M. Davison Nature Communications 11 , 1–8 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The ~70 km-diameter Yarrabubba impact structure in Western…
Spatial U–Pb age distribution in shock-recrystallized zircon – a case study from the Rochechouart impact structure, France
Cornelia Rasmussen, Daniel F. Stockli, Timmons M. Erickson, Martin Schmieder Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta LINK “Age determination of impact structures via the zircon U–Pb system remains challenging and often ambiguous due to highly variable effects…
40Ar/39Ar systematics of melt lithologies and target rocks from the Gow Lake impact structure, Canada
A.E. Pickersgill, D.F. Mark, M.R. Lee, G.R. Osinski Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 21 January 2020 LINK “The age of the Gow Lake impact structure (Saskatchewan, Canada) is poorly constrained,…
The age of Wolfe Creek meteorite crater (Kandimalal), Western Australia
Timothy T. Barrows, John Magee, Gifford Miller, L. Keith Fifield Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 1 September 2019 LINK “Wolfe Creek crater lies in northwestern Australia at the edge of the Great Sandy Desert….
In situ U–Pb analysis of shocked zircon from the Charlevoix impact structure, Québec, Canada
Martin Schmieder, Barry J. Shaulis, Thomas J. Lapen, Elmar Buchner, David A. Kring Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 19 June 2019 LINK “Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma‐mass spectrometry (LA‐ICP‐MS) U–Pb geochronology of shocked zircon…
An Early Jurassic age for the Puchezh‐Katunki impact structure (Russia) based on 40Ar/39Ar data and palynology
S. Holm‐Alwmark, C. Alwmark, L. Ferrière, S. Lindström, M. M. M. Meier, A. Scherstén, M. Herrmann, V. L. Masaitis, M. S. Mashchak, M. V. Naumov, F. Jourdan Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 29 May…
Petrography and geochemistry of the impact to postimpact transition layer at the El’gygytgyn impact structure in Chukotka, Arctic RussiaOPEN ACCESS
Karin Maierhofer, Christian Koeberl, Julie Brigham‐Grette Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 3 March 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The 3.6 Ma El’gygytgyn impact structure, located in northeast Chukotka in Arctic Russia, was…
A Possible Second Large Subglacial Impact Crater in Northwest GreenlandOPEN ACCESS
Joseph A. MacGregor, William F. Bottke Jr., Mark A. Fahnestock, Jeremy P. Harbeck, Kurt H. Kjær, John D. Paden, David E. Stillman, Michael Studinger Geophysical Research Letters, 46. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL078126 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Following…
Pantasma: Evidence for a Pleistocene circa 14 km diameter impact crater in Nicaragua
P. Rochette, R. Alaç, P. Beck, G. Brocard, A. J. Cavosie, V. Debaille, B. Devouard, F. Jourdan, B. Mougel, F. Moustard, F. Moynier, S. Nomade, G. R. Osinski, B. Reynard, J. Cornec Meteoritics & Planetary…
Shocked quartz in polymict impact breccia from the Upper Cretaceous Yallalie impact structure in Western Australia
Morgan A. Cox, Aaron J. Cavosie, Ludovic Ferrière, Nicholas E. Timms, Phil A. Bland, Katarina Miljković, Timmons M. Erickson, Brian Hess Meteoritics & Planetary Sciencedoi:10.1111/maps.13238 LINK “Yallalie is a ~12 km diameter circular structure located…
A Paleozoic age for the Tunnunik impact structure
Camille Lepaulard, Jérôme Gattacceca, Nicholas Swanson‐Hysell, Yoann Quesnel, François Demory, Gordon R. Osinski Meteoritics & Planetary Science doi:10.1111/maps.13239 LINK “We report paleomagnetic directions from the target rocks of the Tunnunik impact structure, as well as…
Context matters – Ar–Ar results from in and around the Manicouagan Impact Structure, Canada: Implications for martian meteorite chronology
Steven J. Jaret, Sidney R. Hemming, E. Troy Rasbury, Lucy M. Thompson, Timothy D. Glotch, Jahandar Ramezani, John G. Spray Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 501, 1 November 2018, Pages 78-89 LINK “Highlights •…
Summanen, a new meteorite impact structure in Central FinlandOPEN ACCESS
Jüri Plado, Satu Hietala, Timmu Kreitsmann, Jouni Lerssi, Jari Nenonen, Lauri J. Pesonen Meteorit Planet Sci. doi:10.1111/maps.13134 First published: 25 June 2018 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “The Summanen structure (62°39.0′N, 25°22.5′E) is located within the Paleoproterozoic…
Spectroscopic features of ultrahigh-pressure impact glasses of the Kara astroblemeOPEN ACCESS
T. G. Shumilova, V. P. Lutoev, S. I. Isaenko, N. S. Kovalchuk, B. A. Makeev, A. Yu. Lysiuk, A. A. Zubov & K. Ernstson Scientific Reports Volume 8, Article number: 6923 (2018) doi:10.1038/s41598-018-25037-z LINK (OPEN…
Anatomy of impactites and shocked zircon grains from Dhala reveals Paleoproterozoic meteorite impact in the Archean basement rocks of Central India
Shan-Shan Li, S. Keerthy, M. Santosh, S.P. Singh, C.D. Deering, M. Satyanarayanan, M.N. Praveen, V. Aneeshkumar, G.K. Indu, Y. Anilkumar, K.S. Sajinkumar Gondwana Research Volume 54, February 2018, Pages 81–101 LINK “Highlights • Geochemistry of…
Kamenetsk—A new impact structure in the Ukrainian Shield.
Gurov, E., Nikolaenko, N., Shevchuk, H. and Yamnichenko, A. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12951 LINK “The Kamenetsk impact structure is a deeply eroded simple crater that formed in crystalline rocks of the Ukrainian Shield….
Combining shock barometry with numerical modeling: Insights into complex crater formation—The example of the Siljan impact structure (Sweden)
Holm-Alwmark, S., Rae, A. S. P., Ferrière, L., Alwmark, C. and Collins, G. S. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12955 LINK “Siljan, central Sweden, is the largest known impact structure in Europe. It was formed…
Meteoritic matter from the Ries and Steinheim impactors?
Schmidt, G., El Goresy, A., Pernicka, E. Paneth Kolloquium Nördlingen (2017), abstract #0070 October 11-13, 2017 PDF “Possible meteoritic matter on the fracture surfaces of shattered belemnites from the rim of the Ries impact crater…
A high-precision 40Ar/39Ar age for the Nördlinger Ries impact crater, Germany, and implications for the accurate dating of terrestrial impact events
Martin Schmieder, Trudi Kennedy, Fred Jourdan, Elmar Buchner, Wolf Uwe Reimold Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 28 September 2017 LINK “40Ar/39Ar dating of specimens of moldavite, the formation of which…
Hydrothermally enhanced magnetization at the center of the Haughton impact structure?
Zylberman, W., Quesnel, Y., Rochette, P., Osinski, G. R., Marion, C. and Gattacceca, J. (2017), Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12917 LINK “Haughton is a ~24 Myr old midsize (apparent diameter 23 km) complex impact…
Zhamanshin astrobleme provides evidence for carbonaceous chondrite and post-impact exchange between ejecta and Earth’s atmosphereOPEN ACCESS
Tomáš Magna, Karel Žák, Andreas Pack, Frédéric Moynier, Bérengère Mougel, Stefan Peters, Roman Skála, Šárka Jonášová, Jiří Mizera & Zdeněk Řanda Nature Communications 8, Article number: 227 (2017) doi:10.1038/s41467-017-00192-5 Published online: 09 August 2017 LINK…
Evidence for a chondritic impactor, evaporation-condensation effects and melting of the Precambrian basement beneath the ‘target’ Deccan basalts at Lonar crater, India
Rahul Das Gupta, Anupam Banerjee, Steven Goderis, Philippe Claeys, Frank Vanhaecke, Ramananda Chakrabarti Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 19 July 2017 LINK “The ∼1.88 km diameter Lonar impact crater formed…
A new high-precision 40Ar/39Ar age for the Rochechouart impact structure: At least 5 Ma older than the Triassic–Jurassic boundaryOPEN ACCESS
Cohen, Benjamin E., Mark, Darren F., Lee, Martin R., Simpson, Sarah L. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 10.1111/maps.12880 Available online 16 May 2017 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The Rochechourt impact structure in south-central France,…
Protracted volcanism after large impacts: evidence from the Sudbury impact basin
Ubide, Teresa; Guyett, Paul C.; Kenny, Gavin G.; O’Sullivan, Edel M.; Ames, Doreen E.; Petrus, Joseph A.; Riggs, Nancy Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets Accepted manuscript online: 20 March 2017 LINK “Morphological studies of large…
Geochemical evidence of an extraterrestrial component in impact melt breccia from the Paleoproterozoic Dhala impact structure, India.
Pati, J. K., Qu, W. J., Koeberl, C., Reimold, W. U., Chakarvorty, M. and Schmitt, R. T. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12826 LINK “The Paleoproterozoic Dhala structure with an estimated diameter of ~11 km…
Complex crater formation: Insights from combining observations of shock pressure distribution with numerical models at the West Clearwater Lake impact structureOPEN ACCESS
Rae, A. S. P., Collins, G. S., Grieve, R. A. F., Osinski, G. R., Morgan, J. V. Meteoritic & Planetary Science doi:10.1111/maps.12825 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Large impact structures have complex morphologies, with…
Meteoritic Component in Melt Rocks from the Boltysh (Ukraine) and Lonar (India) Impact Structures: First Assessment
C. Koeberl, B. Mougel, F. Moynier 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2017), Abstract #1331 LINK
The formation of peak rings in large impact craters
Joanna V. Morgan, Sean P. S. Gulick, Timothy Bralower, Elise Chenot, Gail Christeson, Philippe Claeys, Charles Cockell, Gareth S. Collins, Marco J. L. Coolen, Ludovic Ferrière, Catalina Gebhardt, Kazuhisa Goto, Heather Jones, David A. Kring,…
Diachroneity of the Clearwater West and Clearwater East impact structures indicated by the (U–Th)/He dating method
M.B. Biren, M.C. van Soest, J.-A. Wartho, K.V. Hodges, J.G. Spray Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 453, 1 November 2016, Pages 56–66 LINK “Highlights • We dated the Clearwater Lake impact craters (Canada) via…
Mid-Infrared Bi-directional Reflectance Spectroscopy of Impact Melt Glasses and Tektites
Andreas Morlok, Aleksandra Stojic, Iris Weber, Harald Hiesinger, Michael Zanetti, Joern Helbert Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 22 June 2016 LINK “We have analyzed 14 impact melt glass samples, covering the compositional range…
The Agoudal (High Atlas Mountains, Morocco) shatter cone conundrum: A recent meteorite fall onto the remnant of an impact site
Chennaoui Aoudjehane, H., El Kerni, H., Reimold, W. U., Baratoux, D., Koeberl, C., Bouley, S. and Aoudjehane, M. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12661 LINK “Associations between impact structures and meteorite occurrences are rare and…
Differentiated impact melt sheets may be a potential source of Hadean detrital zircon
Gavin G. Kenny, Martin J. Whitehouse, Balz S. Kamber Geology DOI: 10.1130/G37898.1 First Published on April 28, 2016 LINK “Constraining the origin and history of very ancient detrital zircons has unique potential for furthering our…
Chemostratigraphy of the Sudbury impact basin fill: volatile metal loss and post-impact evolution of a submarine impact basin
Edel M. O’Sullivan, Robbie Goodhue, Doreen E. Ames, Balz S. Kamber Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 8 April 2016 LINK “The 1.85 Ga Sudbury structure provides a unique opportunity to…
Coesite in suevites from the Chesapeake Bay impact structure.
Jackson, J. C., Horton, J. W., Chou, I.-M. and Belkin, H. E. (2016), Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12638 LINK “The occurrence of coesite in suevites from the Chesapeake Bay impact structure is confirmed within…
Dating a small impact crater: An age of Kaali crater (Estonia) based on charcoal emplaced within proximal ejecta.
Losiak, A., Wild, E. M., Geppert, W. D., Huber, M. S., Jõeleht, A., Kriiska, A., Kulkov, A., Paavel, K., Pirkovic, I., Plado, J., Steier, P., Välja, R., Wilk, J., Wisniowski, T. and Zanetti, M. Meteoritics…
WIP: A Web-based program for indexing planar features in quartz grains and its usage.
Losiak, A., Golebiowska, I., Ferrière, L., Wojciechowski, J., Huber, M. S. and Koeberl, C. Meteoritics & Planetary Science Article first published online: 4 MAR 2016 DOI: 10.1111/maps.12614 LINK “Planar deformation features (PDFs) in quartz are…
Frictional melting processes and the generation of shock veins in terrestrial impact structures: evidence from the Steen River impact structure, Alberta, Canada
Erin L. Walton, Thomas G. Sharp, Jinping Hu Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta doi:10.1016/j.gca.2016.02.024 LINK
Cathodoluminescence as a tool to discriminate impact melt, shocked and unshocked volcanics: A case study of samples from the El’gygytgyn impact structure
Pittarello, L., Roszjar, J., Mader, D., Debaille, V., Claeys, P. and Koeberl, C. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12559Article first published online: 15 OCT 2015 LINK “El’gygytgyn (Chukotka, Arctic Russia) is a well-preserved impact structure,…
Saqqar: A 34 km diameter impact structure in Saudi Arabia.
Kenkmann, T., Afifi, A. M., Stewart, S. A., Poelchau, M. H., Cook, D. J. and Neville, A. S. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12555 Article first published online: 15 OCT 2015 LINK “Here we present…
Shock effects in plagioclase feldspar from the Mistastin Lake impact structure, Canada
Annemarie E. Pickersgill, Gordon R. Osinski and Roberta L. Flemming Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12495 Article first published online: 18 AUG 2015 | DOI: 10.1111/maps.12495 LINK
Melting and cataclastic features in shatter cones in basalt from the Vista Alegre impact structure, Brazil
Pittarello, L., Nestola, F., Viti, C., Crósta, A. P. and Koeberl, C. (2015), Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12466 LINK
Accessory and opaque minerals in impact melt rocks of the Boltysh structure, Ukraine
Gurov, E. P., Shekhunova, S. B. and Permyakov, V. V. (2015), Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12457 LINK
A Carnian 40Ar/39Ar age for the Paasselkä impact structure (SE Finland)—An update
Winfried H. Schwarz, Martin Schmieder, Elmar Buchner, Mario Trieloff, Jarmo Moilanen and Teemu Öhman Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12407 article first published online: 18 DEC 2014 | DOI: 10.1111/maps.12407 LINK
Revisiting the Rochechouart impact structure, France
Haley M. Sapers, Gordon R. Osinski, Neil R. Banerjee, Ludovic Ferrière, Philippe Lambert and Matthew R. M. Izawa Meteoritics & Planetary Science, article first published online: 18 NOV 2014 | DOI: 10.1111/maps.12381 LINK
New 40Ar/39Ar dating of the Clearwater Lake impact structures (Québec, Canada) – Not the binary asteroid impact it seems?
New 40Ar/39Ar dating of the Clearwater Lake impact structures (Québec, Canada) – Not the binary asteroid impact it seems? Martin Schmieder, Winfried H. Schwarz, Mario Trieloff, Eric Tohver, Elmar Buchner, Jens Hopp, Gordon R. Osinski…
The meteorite craters in the Rezerwat przyrody Meteoryt Morasko in Poland in a LIDAR laser scan
The meteorite craters in the Rezerwat przyrody Meteoryt Morasko in Poland in a LIDAR laser scan PHOTO (full resolution 6600×3840) Source: GeoPortal / meteoritica.pl
