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 |
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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 a | ryh = 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
DATASET SOURCES
The underlying data used in the database were taken from Kenkmann 2021 "The terrestrial impact crater record: A statistical analysis of morphologies, structures, ages, lithologies, and more" and the references there.
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