Impact Craters (Geomorphology)

Impact Craters Sites:

Impact Craters on Earth Impact Craters on Earth: Map of crater locations in Canada, crater images, explanation and images of rock altered by impact. (Impact Craters) http://miac.uqac.ca/MIAC/impact.htm Astronomy Picture of the Day - Impact: 65 Million Years Ago Astronomy Picture of the Day - Impact: 65 Million Years Ago: Computer rendering of Chicxulub crater, from gravity and magnetic field data. (Impact Craters) http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000226.html Astronomy Picture of the Day - Barringer Crater on Earth Astronomy Picture of the Day - Barringer Crater on Earth: Aerial photograph. (Impact Craters) http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990711.html Three Craters in Israel Three Craters in Israel: Investigates the possibility they have been caused by comet fragments. (Impact Craters) http://www.gsanctuary.com/3craters.html Astronomy Picture of the Day - Manicouagan Impact Crater on Earth Astronomy Picture of the Day - Manicouagan Impact Crater on Earth: Image taken from space shuttle Columbia in 1983. (Impact Craters) http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap001213.html Crater Crater: A program that relates crater size to projectile size. (Impact Craters) http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/tekton/crater.html Geology 376 - 2001 Field Trip Geology 376 - 2001 Field Trip: Travelogue of a geology class field trip to the Barringer meteor crater. Images, crater description, topographic map. (Impact Craters) http://members.tripod.com/reubs376_2001/ ICE 2002 - Iturralde Crater Expedition ICE 2002 - Iturralde Crater Expedition: Multimedia journal of a NASA organized expedition to a probable impact crater in the Bolivian Amazon. Background information, daily journal entries, educational materials, science data. (Impact Craters) http://www.blueiceonline.org/blueweb/ice2002.html Terrestrial Impact Craters Terrestrial Impact Craters: Background information, images, list of craters, references. (Impact Craters) http://www.solarviews.com/eng/tercrate.htm Impact craters in Finland Impact craters in Finland: List of craters in Finland, separate list of craters on Earth. (Impact Craters) http://www.netppl.fi/~jarmom/geo/imp/fincrat_e.htm Traces of Catastrophe Traces of Catastrophe: Online book. Detailed introduction and overview of impact processes, crater formation, and shock metamorphism. (Impact Craters) http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/books/CB-954/CB-954.intro.html A 'Smoking Gun' for Dinosaur Extinction A 'Smoking Gun' for Dinosaur Extinction: 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. (Impact Craters) http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/earth/features/chicxulub.cfm What are Impact Craters? What are Impact Craters?: Explanation of crater formation and associated effects in surrounding area. (Impact Craters) http://spaceguard.ias.rm.cnr.it/tumblingstone/issues/num4/craters2.htm Earth Impact Database Earth Impact Database: Crater names, location, size, and age. Background information, images, FAQ. (Impact Craters) http://www.unb.ca/passc/ImpactDatabase/ Meteor Crater Meteor Crater: Images and short explanations of geologic features near the rim of the Barringer meteor crater. (Impact Craters) http://www.meteorite.com/meteor_crater/ Impact Craters of the Earth Impact Craters of the Earth: Overview of crater formation. (Impact Craters) http://www.meteor.co.nz/aug96_2.html Lonar Crater Lonar Crater: A 2km diameter impact crater in India. Background information, tourism, scientific literature, student guide. (Impact Craters) http://lonarcrater.com Impact Parameters Impact Parameters: Online calculator for cratering effects of hypothetical asteroid impacts. (Impact Craters) http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/impacteffects/ Terrestrial Impact Cratering and Its Environmental Effects Terrestrial Impact Cratering and Its Environmental Effects: World map of impact sites, details on the Chicxulub site, and details on environmental effects of impacts. (Impact Craters) http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/SIC/impact_cratering/intro/ Chicxulub Scientific Drilling Program Chicxulub Scientific Drilling Program: Multinational program to obtain and study core samples. (Impact Craters) http://www.icdp-online.de/sites/chicxulub/news/news.html Terrestrial Impact Investigations Terrestrial Impact Investigations: Images and descriptions of craters in Africa, research activities of the terrestrial impact cratering research group of the University of the Witwatersrand. (Impact Craters) http://www.wits.ac.za/geosciences/impact.htm Impact Structures Impact Structures: Geology, geophysics, and petrology of impact structures (meteorite impact craters) with special focus on the Azuara and Rubielos de la Cérida impact structures (Spain) (Impact Craters) http://www.impact-structures.com/ Earth Impact Craters Earth Impact Craters: Background, list of craters. (Impact Craters) http://exobio.ucsd.edu/Space_Sciences/earth_impact_craters.htm Solar System Collisions Solar System Collisions: Online calculator for effects of asteroid impact. (Impact Craters) http://janus.astro.umd.edu/astro/impact.html Why are impact craters always round? Why are impact craters always round?: The answer given in an article from Scientific American. (Impact Craters) http://www.sciam.com/askexpert_question.cfm?articleID=000DBCF7-C08B-1C71-9EB7809EC588F2D7 Reuben Johnson's K/T Expedition -- 2001 Reuben Johnson's K/T Expedition -- 2001: 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. (Impact Craters) http://members.tripod.com/reubskt53715/