CRATER SITES
SEARCH FOR CRATERS AND THEIR PROPERTIES
No Continent Name Country Latitude Longitude Confirmation Crater diamter [km] Exposure Hydrology Age [Myr] Dating method Crater type Central uplift diam. [km] Stratigraphic uplift [m] Ring syncline diam. [km] Depth to crater floor [m] Shock features Target Target lithologies Impact in water Hydrothermal alteration Crater fill breccia Ejecta (prox or distal) Erosion min [m] Erosion max [m] Burial min [m] Burial max [m] Geophysics Drilled Economic resources Latitude dd Longitude dd
ABBREVIATIONS AND EXPLANATIONS
  • Bmax = Maximum depth of burial (moat)
  • Bmin = Minimum depth of burial (rim)
  • Emax = Maximum erosion (rim)
  • Emin = Minimum erosion (moat)
  • Dacr = Apparent crater diameter
  • Dars = Apparent ring syncline diameter
  • Dacu = Apparent central uplift diameter
  • aSU = Apparent stratigraphic uplift
  • dab = Depth to breccia lens base
  • daf  = Depth to crater floor (top breccia)

 

 
bas = basalt l = limestone 
char = charnockite m -mudstone/shale 
congl = conglomerate mgrey = metagreywacke 
dac = dacite mig = migmatite 
dia = diabase mvolc = metavolcanics 
dio = diorite nor = anorthosite 
doler = dolerite qtzdio = quart diorite 
dolo = dolomite qutz = quartzite 
gab = gabbro aryh = ryholite 
gn = gneiss s = sandstone 
gr = granite sch = schist 
grano = granodiorite si = siltstone 

  • bad = baddelyite
  • bal = ballen quartz
  • coes = coesite
  • diapl = diaplectic quartz glass
  • FF = feather feature
  • glass = melt glass
  • mask = maskelynite
  • PDF = planar deformation feature
  • PF = planar fracture
  • pst = pseudotachylite
  • red = redeite
  • SC = shatter cone
  • stish = stishovite
  • ex = exposed
  • b = buried
  • acb = almost completely buried
  • pc = partly covered
  • sub = submerged
  • mor = morphologically visible
  • smor = subdued morphological expression
  • c = concentric
  • r = radial
  • r+c = radial and concentric
  • r+l = radial and lake
  • gl+l = glacial and lake
  • u = unrelated
  • sub = submerged
 

Geophysical analyses

  • e = electromagnetic, magnetic, radar
  • g = gravity
  • s = seismic

Dating methods

  • observed = observed impact event
  • rad =  radiometric age
  • strat = stratigraphic age
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