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Serra da Cangalha

Crater Name
Location
Latitude
Longitude
Diameter (km)
Age (Ma)*
Exposed
Drilled
Target Rock**
Bolide Type***
Serra da Cangalha
Brazil
S 8° 5'
W 46° 52'
12
< 300
N
Y
S
-

 


MSS Image


Landsat Image (Riachao in inset)

Image Provided by Dr. Carlos Roberto de Souza Filho

DEM Image Provided by Dr. Carlos Roberto de Souza Filho

Image Provided by Dr. Carlos Roberto de Souza Filho

Image Provided by Dr. Carlos Roberto de Souza Filho

Image Provided by Dr. Carlos Roberto de Souza Filho
***

References

1. Adepelumi, A. A., Fontes, S.L., Schnegg, P.A., Flexor,J.M., An integrated magnetotelluric and aeromagnetic investigation of the Serra da Cangalha impact crater, Brazil, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, v. 150 , n. 1 , p. 159-182. 2005.

2. Bland, P. A., Artemieva, N. A. , de Souza Filho, C.R., The Production Rate of Small Craters on Earth, and the Expected Crater Population in South America. 67th Annual Meteoritical Society Meeting. 2004.

3. Cockell, C. S., Lee, P., The Biology of Impact Craters - a review. Biol. Rev., 77, P. 279 - 310. 2002.

4. Crosta, A. P., Impact Craters in Brazil: How Far We've Got. 2004.

5. Crosta, A. P., Impact structures in Brazil. Research in Terrestrial Impact Structures, J. Pohl, Friedrich, Vieweg & Sohn, Braunschweig/Wiesbad, pp. 30-38. 1987.

6. de Souza Filho, C.R., Bland, P. A., Proven, Probably and Possible Impact Craters in South America Revealed by Aster and SRTM Data and Image Processing Techniques. 67th Annual Meteoritical Society Meeting. 2004.

7. Dietz, R. S., McHone, J. F., Volcanic landforms and astroblemes. In: El-Baz, F. and Warner, D.M., eds., NASA, Scientific and Technical Information Branch, pp. 183-202. 1979.

8. Dietz, R. S., French, B. M., Two new astroblemes (one definite, one probable) in Brazil (abstract). Geological Society of America, v. 5, p. 598. 1973.

9. Dietz, R. S., French, B. M., Two probable astroblemes in Brazil. Nature, v. 244, pp. 561-562. 1973.

10. 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.

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

12. 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.

13. McHone J F., Dietz, R. S., Earth's multiple impact craters and astroblemes (abstract). Lunar and Planetary Science, v. XXIII, pp. 887-888. 1992.

14. McHone, J. F. Jr., Riachao Ring, Brazil: A possible meteorite crater discovered by the Apollo astronauts. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Special Publication SP-412, pp. 193-202. 1979.

15. McHone, J. F. Jr., Dietz, R. S., Astroblemes in Brazil (abstract). Geological Society of America, v. 10, pp. 136-137. 1978.

16. Reimold, W. U., Cooper, G. R. J. , Romano, R. , Cowan, D. R. and Koeberl, C., Investigation of Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data of the possible impact structure at Serra da Cangalha, Brazil, Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Vol. 41, No. 2, P. 237 - 246. 2006.

17. Reimold, W. U., Cooper, G.R.J., Romano, R., Koeberl,C., A SRTM Investigation of Serra Da Cangalha Impact Structure, Brazil. Lunar and Planetary Science XXXV. 2004.

18. Romano, R., Crosta, A. P., Brazilian Impact craters: A review, Lunar and Planetary Science XXXV. 2004.

 

 

 

 

 

* 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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