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Saint Martin

Crater Name
Location
Latitude
Longitude
Diameter (km)
Age (Ma)*
Exposed
Drilled
Target Rock**
Bolide Type***
Saint Martin
Manitoba, Canada
N 51° 47'
W 98° 32'
40
220 ± 32
N
Y
M
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References

1. Bannatyne, B., McCabe, H., Manitoba crater revealed. GEOS, v. 13, pp. 10-13. 1984.

2. Barry, G. S., Geology of the Gods Narrows Area. Province of Manitoba, Department of Mines and Natural Resources, v. Publication 60-1, pp. 1-34. 1961.

3. Clark, J. F., Magnetic survey data at meteoritic impact sites in North America. Geomagnetic Service of Canada, Earth Physics Branch Open File # 83-5, 30 p. 1983.

4. Clark, J. F., Geomagnetic surveys at four Canadian craters. Canada Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, Earth Physics Branch, Geomagnetic Report, pp. 1-41. 1979.

5. Coles, R. L., Clark, J. F., Lake St. Martin impact structure, Manitoba, Canada: Magnetic anomalies and magnetizations. Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 87, pp. 7087-7095. 1982.

6. Currie, K. L., New Canadian cryptoexplosion crater at Lake St. Martin, Manitoba. Nature, v. 226, pp. 839-841. 1970.

7. Currie, K. L., Lake St. Martin structure, Manitoba (62 O) (abstract). Geological Survey of Canada, Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, Paper 70-1, Part A, p. 111. 1969.

8. Davids, C., Gosnold, W. D., Gravity survey of the Lake Saint Martin impact structure, Southern Manitoba (abstract). GSA, Abstracts with Programs, pp. A-208. 1995.

9. Dence, M. R., Shock metamorphism at the Lake St. Martin (Manitoba) structure (abstract). Geological Association of Canada--Mineralogical Association of Canada Annual Meeting, p. 19. 1970.

10. Gobel, E., Reimold, U., Baddenhausen, H. and Palme,H., The projectile of the Lappajarvi impact structure (abstract). unknown. 1980.

11. Grieve, R. A. F., Pilkington, M., The signature of terrestrial impacts. Aust. Geol. Geophys. J. 16, pp. 399-420. 1996.

12. Grieve, R. A. F., Masaitis, V. L., The economic potential of terrestrial impact craters. International Geology Review, v. 36, pp. 105-151. 1994.

13. Grieve, R. A. F., The record of impact on Earth: Implications for a major Cretaceous/Tertiary impact event. Geological Society of America, Special Paper 190, pp. 25-37. 1982.

14. Gurov, E. P., Gurova, E. P., Impact structures on the Earth's surface (in Russian). Geologicheskii Zhurnal, v. 47, pp. 117-124. 1987.

15. Hunter, H. E., Igneous rocks in the Lake St. Martin area, Manitoba. Department fo Mines and Natural Resources, Mines Branch, Province of Manitoba, Publication 50-10, pp. 1-8. 1951.

16. Kent, D. V., Impacts on Earth in the Late Triassic, Nature, vol. 395, pp. 126. 1998.

17. Kohn, B. P., Osadetz, K.G. and Bezys,R.K., Apatite fission-track dating of two crater structures in the Canadian Williston Basin. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, v. 43, pp. 54-64. 1995.

18. Kohn, B. P., Osadetz, K. G. and Bezys,R.K., Apatite fission track dating of impact structures in the Canadian Williston Basin. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, v. 43, no. 1, p. 54-64. 1995.

19. Masaitis, V. L., Danilin, A.N., Maschak, M.S., Raykhlin, A.I., Selivanovskaya, T.V. and Shadenkov,Ye.M., The Geology of Astroblemes (in Russian). Leningrad, Nedra, 231 p. 1980.

20. McCabe, H. R., GS-22 stratigraphic mapping and stratigraphic and industrial minerals core hole program. Mineral Resources Division, Report of Field Activities, pp. 122-130. 1983.

21. McCabe, H. R., GS-18 stratigraphic core hole program. Report of field activities, 1977. Manitoba Department of Mines, Resources and Environment Management, Mineral Resources Division, pp. 93-96. 1977.

22. McCabe, H. R., Bannatyne, B. B., Lake St. Martin - a crypto-explosion or crater structure (abstract). Manitoba Geological Survey, Mines Branch, Department of Mines and Natural Resources,Geological Paper 4/70, p. 39. 1970.

23. McCabe, H. R., Bannatyne, B. B., Lake St. Martin crypto-explosion crater and geology of the surrounding area. Manitoba Department of Mines and Natural Resources, Mines Branch, Geological Paper 3/70, 69 p. 1970.

24. Ogilvie, B. Y., Robertson, B. and Grieve,R.A.F., Meteorite impact features in Canada: An inventory and an evaluation. Unpublished Report, 180 p. 1984.

25. Osadetz, K. G., Bezys, R.K. and Kohn,B.P., Enigmatic terrestrial structures in Manitoba: Astroblemems or cryptoexplosive features? (abstract). unknown,. 1993.

26. Reimold, W. U., Barr, J.M., Grieve, R.A.F. and Durrheim,R.J., Geochemistry of the melt and country rocks of the Lake St. Martin impact structure, Manitoba, Canada. Geochemica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 54, pp. 2093-2111. 1990.

27. Reimold, W. U., Barr, J.M., Grieve, R.A.F. and Tredoux,M., INAA and Rb-Sr isotope analysis of Lake St. Martin melt and country rocks (abstract). Lunar and Planetary Science XVIII, pp. 828-829. 1987.

28. Reimold, W. U., Tredoux, M. and Grieve,R.A.F., A geochemical study of the Lake Saint Martin melt and basement rocks (abstract). Meteoritics, v. 21, pp. 490-492. 1986.

29. Simonds, C. H., McGee, P. E., Petrology of impactites from Lake St. Martin structure, Manitoba. Proceedings Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 10th, pp. 2493-2518. 1979.

30. Simonds, C. H., Warner, J.L., McGee, P.E. and Phinney,W.C., On central uplifts in three terrestrial craters (abstract). Lunar and Planetary Science IX, pp. 1065-1067. 1978.

31. Spray, J. G., Kelley, S.P. and Rowley,D.B., Evidence for a late Triassic multiple impact event on Earth. Nature, v. 392, pp. 171-173. 1998.

32. Spray, J. G., Impacts on Earth in the Late Triassic - REPLY, Nature, vol. 395, pp. 126. 1998.

 

 

* 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. (IAB, IIIAB, IIIB, IIID - Iron Meteorite)


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