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Shoemaker (formerly Teague)

Crater Name
Location
Latitude
Longitude
Diameter (km)
Age (Ma)*
Exposed
Drilled
Target Rock**
Bolide Type***
Shoemaker (formerly Teague)
Western Australia
S 25° 52'
E 120° 53'
30
1630 ± 5
Y
N
M
-

 


Landsat 7 bands 3, 2, and 1 (r, g, b) from a scene acquired on 5/5/2000.
Submitted by Ron Hayes


ASTER image: 04Nov2000.
Bands: 3, 2, 1(rgb). Coverage ca. 63.5 x 61 km.
Submitted by Keiko Zumsprekel


NASA Space Shuttle image STS 41D-42-039

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

References

1. Bunting, J. A., de Laeter, J.R. and Libby,W.G., Evidence for the age and cryptoexplosive origin of the Teague Ring structure, Western Australia. Western Australia Geological Survey Annual Report 1979, pp. 125-129. 1980.

2. Butler, H., The Lake Teague ring structure, Western Australia: An astrobleme? Search, v. 5, pp. 534, 536. 1974.

3. Grieve, R. A. F., Meteorite impact studies featured in Australia. Episodes, v. 13, pp. 281-282. 1990.

4. 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.

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

6. Haines, P. W., Impact Cratering and Distal Ejecta: The Australian Record. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 52, P. 481 - 507. 2005.

7. Hawke, P. J., Interpretation of geophysical data over the Shoemaker impact structure, Earaheedy Basin, Western Australia, Geological Survey of Western Australia Record 2003/6. 2003.

8. Miura, Y., Kato, T., Anomalous shocked quartz in Australian impact craters (abstract). Meteoritics, v. 26, pp. 373. 1991.

9. Pirajno, F., Hawke, P. , Glikson, A. Y. , Haines, P. W. and Uysal, T., Shoemaker impact structure, Western Australia. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 50, P. 775 - 796. 2003.

10. Pirajno, F., Hawke, P., Glikson, A.Y., Haines, P.W., Uysal,T., Shoemaker impact structure, Western Australia, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences (2003) 50, p. 775-796. 2003.

11. Pirajno, F., Glikson, A. Y., Shoemaker Impact Structure in Western Australia, Henrard, J., Yabushita, S. (Eds.), Dynamics of Comets and Asteroids and their Roles in Earth History, Celest. Mech. Dyn. Astron. 68 pp.25-30. 1998.

12. Pirano, F., Glikson, A., Shoemaker impact structure, Western Australia, Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, v. 69, p. 25-30. 1998.

13. Shoemaker, E. M., Shoemaker, C. S., The Proterozoic impact record of Australia. AGSO Journal of Australian Geology & Geophysics, v. 16, pp. 379-398. 1996.

14. Shoemaker, E. M., Shoemaker, C. S., Proterozoic impact record of Australia (abstract). Abstracts of the International Workshop on Meteorite Impact on the Early Earth, Perth, Australia, pp. 47-48. 1990.

15. Shoemaker, E. M., Shoemaker, C. S., Impact structures of Australia (1987) (abstract). Lunar and Planetary Science XIX, pp. 1079-1080. 1988.

 

 

* 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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