Directory of Impact Craters Resources

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Sufficiently powerful asteroid and comet impacts can change the surface of the earth, creating craters and modifying rocks and soil.

Resources in This Category

• Astronomy Picture of the Day - Barringer Crater on Earth

  http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap990711.html
  Aerial photograph.

• Astronomy Picture of the Day - Impact: 65 Million Years Ago

  http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap000226.html
  Computer rendering of Chicxulub crater, from gravity and magnetic field data.

• Astronomy Picture of the Day - Manicouagan Impact Crater on Earth

  http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap001213.html
  Image taken from space shuttle Columbia in 1983.

• Earth Impact Database

  http://www.passc.net/EarthImpactDatabase/index.html
  Crater names, location, size, and age. Background information, images, FAQ.

• Geology 376 - 2001 Field Trip

  http://members.tripod.com/reubs376_2001/
  Travelogue of a geology class field trip to the Barringer meteor crater. Images, crater description, topographic map.

• Impact Parameters

  http://impact.ese.ic.ac.uk/ImpactEffects/
  Online calculator for cratering effects of hypothetical asteroid impacts.

• Impact Structures

  http://www.impact-structures.com/
  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

  http://www.meteorcrater.com/
  Official site for the visitors center at the Barringer meteor crater. Short history, animations, visitor information.

• Meteor Crater

  http://www.meteorite.com/meteor_crater/
  Images and short explanations of geologic features near the rim of the Barringer meteor crater.

• Reuben Johnson's K/T Expedition -- 2001

  http://members.tripod.com/reubskt53715/
  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

  http://janus.astro.umd.edu/astro/impact/
  Online calculator for effects of asteroid impact.

• Terrestrial Impact Cratering and Its Environmental Effects

  http://www.lpi.usra.edu/science/kring/epo_web/impact_cratering/intro/index.html
  World map of impact sites, details on the Chicxulub site, and details on environmental effects of impacts.

• Terrestrial Impact Craters

  http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/slidesets/craters.html
  Text describing formation of impact craters. Images, glossary.

• Terrestrial Impact Craters

  http://www.solarviews.com/eng/tercrate.htm
  Background information, images, list of craters, references.

• The Chiemgau impact

  http://www.chiemgau-impact.com/
  Geographic, geologic, geophysical, mineralogical-petrographic, geochemical, astronomical and historical characteristics of a Holocene notable asteroid/comet impact and the role of the discovery in the scientific discussion.

• Traces of Catastrophe

  http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/books/CB-954/CB-954.intro.html
  Online book. Detailed introduction and overview of impact processes, crater formation, and shock metamorphism.

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