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Earth Impact Database Sorted by : | Age | Diameter | Name |
Granby
Crater Name |
Location |
Latitude |
Longitude |
Diameter (km) |
Age (Ma)* |
Exposed |
Drilled |
Target Rock** |
Bolide Type*** |
Granby |
Sweden |
N 58° 25' |
E 14° 56' |
3 |
~ 470 |
N |
Y |
M |
- |
References |
Grahn, Y., Nolvak, J and Paris,F., Precise chitinozoan dating of Ordovician impact events in Baltoscandia, Journal of Micropalaeontology, v.15, p.21-35. 1996. |
Grahn, Y., Nolvak, J., Chitinozoan dating of Ordovician impact events in Sweden and Estonia. A preliminary note. Geologiska Föreningens I Stockholm Förhandlingar, v. 115, pp. 263-264. 1993. |
Henkel, H., Pesonen, L. J., Impact craters and craterform structures in Fennoscandia. Tectonophysics, v. 216, pp. 31-40. 1992. |
Lindström, M., Ormö, J., Sturkell, E.F.F. and Törnberg,R., Geological information from Ordovician marine impact craters (abstract). GFF, v. 118, pp. A99-A100. 1996. |
Ormo, J., Lindstrom, M., When a cosmic impact strikes the sea bed, Geol. Mag. V.137(1), p.67-80. 2000. |
* pre-1977 K-Ar, Ar-Ar and Rb-Sr ages recalculated using the decay constants of Steiger and Jager (1977) Ages in millions of years (Ma) before present.
** Abbreviations: C - Crystalline Target; C-Ms - Metasedimentary Target; M - Mixed Target (i.e.sedimentary strata overlying crystalline basement); S - sedimentary target (i.e. no crystalline rocks affected by the impact event). From Osinski. G. R., Spray J. G., and Grieve R. A. F. 2007. Impact melting in sedimentary target rocks: A synthesis. In The Sedimentary Record of Meteorite Impacts, Geological Society of America Special Paper. Editors: Evans K. Horton W., King D., Morrow J., and Warme J. Geological Society of America: Boulder, in press.
*** From Koeberl,C. Identification of meteoritic components in impactites. 1998, Koeberl, C. The Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry of Impacts. 2007 and PASSC Files. (IAB, IIIAB, IIIB, IIID - Iron Meteorite) |
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