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Spider
Crater Name |
Location |
Latitude |
Longitude |
Diameter (km) |
Age (Ma)* |
Exposed |
Drilled |
Target Rock** |
Bolide Type*** |
Spider |
Western Australia |
S 16° 44' |
E 126° 5' |
13 |
> 570 |
Y |
N |
S |
- |
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DEM Image Provided by Dr. Carlos Roberto de Souza Filho
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* 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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