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Crater Name |
Location |
Latitude |
Longitude |
Diameter (km) |
Age (Ma)* |
Exposed |
Drilled |
Target Rock** |
Google Maps Links |
Bolide Type*** |
Russia |
N 71° 0' |
E 121° 40' |
8.00 |
40 ± 20 |
Y |
N |
S |
- |
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Kazakhstan |
N 48° 34' |
E 82° 1' |
8.00 |
5 ± 3 |
Y |
Y |
M |
- |
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Kazakhstan |
N 49° 10' |
E 57° 51' |
5.50 |
46 ± 7 |
Y |
Y |
S |
- |
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Russia |
N 75° 42' |
E 97° 48' |
6.00 |
< 70 |
Y |
Y |
M |
- |
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India |
N 25°18' |
E 78 ° 8' |
11.00 |
> 1700 < 2100 |
Y |
N |
M |
- |
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Russia
|
N 67° 30'
|
E 172° 5'
|
18.00
|
3.5 ± 0.5
|
Y
|
N
|
C |
Achondrite? |
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Russia |
N 48° 26' |
E 40° 32' |
3.00 |
49.0 ± 0.2 |
N |
Y |
S |
- |
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Russia |
N 61° 58' |
E 30° 55' |
14.00 |
700 ± 5 |
Y |
N |
C-Ms |
- |
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Jordan |
N 31° 03' |
E 36° 48' |
5.5 |
56 - 37 |
Y |
N |
S | Go | - |
|
Russia |
N 54° 30' |
E 36° 12' |
15.00 |
380 ± 5 |
N |
Y |
M |
- |
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Russia |
N 48° 21' |
E 40° 30' |
25.00 |
49.0 ± 0.2 |
N |
Y |
S |
- |
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Russia |
N 69° 6' |
E 64° 9' |
65.00 |
70.3 ± 2.2 |
N |
Y |
M |
Chondrite? |
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Tajikistan |
N 39° 1' |
E 73° 27' |
52.00 |
< 5 |
Y |
N |
C |
- |
||
Russia |
N 54° 55' |
E 48° 2' |
10.00 |
5 ± 1 |
Y |
Y |
S |
- |
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Russia |
N 51° 42' |
E 36° 0' |
6.00 |
250 ± 80 |
N |
Y |
M |
- |
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Russia |
N 65° 31' |
E 95° 56' |
20.00 |
40 ± 20 |
N |
N |
M |
- |
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India |
N 19° 58' |
E 76° 31' |
1.83 |
0.052 ± 0.006 |
Y |
Y |
C |
- |
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Russia |
N 60° 6' |
E 117° 35' |
0.30 |
< 0.007 |
Y |
N |
S |
Iron |
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Russia |
N 58° 43' |
E 28° 3' |
2.50 |
300 ± 50 |
Y |
Y |
M |
- |
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Russia |
N 71° 39' |
E 111° 11' |
100.00 |
35.7 ± 0.2 |
Y |
Y |
M |
Chondrite |
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Russia |
N 56° 58' |
E 43° 43' |
80.00 |
167 ± 3 |
N |
Y |
M |
- |
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Russia |
N 58° 44' |
E 61° 48' |
9.00 |
46 ± 3 |
N |
Y |
M |
- |
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Kazakhstan |
N 47° 12' |
E 72° 42' |
2.80 |
45 ± 10 |
Y |
Y |
C |
- |
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Russia |
N 46° 7' |
E 134° 40' |
0.02 |
0.000063 |
Y |
N |
C |
Hexahedrite |
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Russia |
N 46° 18' |
E 137° 52' |
0.05 |
< 0.001 |
Y |
Y |
M |
Iron Meteoritic Material Found |
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Russia |
N 63° 7' |
E 33° 23' |
16.00 |
~ 2400 |
. |
. |
C-Ms |
- |
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Mongolia |
N 44° 07' |
E 109° 39' |
1.30 |
150 ± 20 |
Y |
N |
C |
- |
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Saudi Arabia |
N 21° 30' |
E 50° 28' |
0.11 |
0.00014 |
Y |
N |
S |
IIIAB iron |
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Kazakhstan |
N 48° 24' |
E 60° 58' |
14.00 |
0.9 ± 0.1 |
Y |
Y |
M |
Chondrite (Iron?) |
Asia Map from http://www.worldcountries.info/
* 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 - Metasedimetary 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.
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