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Zhamanshin

Crater Name
Location
Latitude
Longitude
Diameter (km)
Age (Ma)*
Exposed
Drilled
Target Rock**
Bolide Type***
Zhamanshin
Kazakhstan
N 48° 24'
E 60° 58'
14
0.9 ± 0.1
Y
Y
M
Chondrite (Iron?)

 


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References

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2. Bouska, V., Povondra, P., Florenskii, P.V. and Randa,Z., Irghizites and zhamanshinites: Zhamanshin crater, USSR. Meteoritics, v. 16, pp. 171-184. 1981.

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17. Fel'dman, V. I., Sazonova, L. V., Conditions of impact melt formation and solidification in the Zhamanshin astrobleme. Petrology, v. 1, pp. 523-538. 1993.

18. Fel'dman, V. I., Sazonova, L.V. and Korotaeva,N.N., Crystallization temperature of melt impact rocks of Zhamanshin astrobleme (USSR) (abstract). Lunar and Planetary Science XXIII, pp. 349-350. 1992.

19. Florenskii, P. V., Perelygin, V P., Bazhenov, M L., Lkhagvasuren, D D. and Stetsenko,S G., A complex determination of the age of the Zhamanshin meteorite crater (in Russian). Astronomicheskii Vestnik, v. 13, pp. 178-186. 1979.

20. Florenskii, P. V., Dabizha, A.I., Aaloe, A.O., Gorshkov, E.S. and Miklyayev,V.I., Geological-geophysical characteristics of the Zhamanshin meteorite crater (in Russian). Meteoritika, v. 38, pp. 86-97. 1979.

21. Florenskii, P. V., Short, N., Winzer, S.R. and Frederiksson,K., The Zhamanshin structure: Geology and petrography (abstract). Meteoritics, v. 12, pp. 227-228. 1977.

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23. Fredriksson, K., de Gasparis, A. and Ehmann,W.D., The Zhamanshin structure: Chemical and physical properties of selected samples (abstract). Meteoritics, v. 12, pp. 229-231. 1977.

24. Garvin, J. B., Grieve, R.A.F. and Schnetzler,C.C., Satellite remote sensing signatures of impact structures (abstract). Meteoritics, v. 30, pp. 509. 1995.

25. Garvin, J. B., Schnetzler, C. C., The Zhamanshin impact feature: A new class of complex crater? Geological Society of America Special Paper 293, pp. 249-257. 1994.

26. Garvin, J. B., Schnetzler, C. C., The Zhamanshin impact feature: A new class of complex crater? (abstract). International Conference on Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution, LPI Contribution No. 790, pp. 28-29. 1992.

27. Glass, B. P., Fredridsson, K. and Florensky,P.V., Microirghizites recovered from a sediment sample from the Zhamanshin impact structure. Proceedings of the Fourteenth Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Part I, Journal of Geophysical Research, B. 88, pp. B319-B330. 1983.

28. Glass, B. P., Zhamanshin crater, a possible source of Australasian tektites? Geology, v. 7, pp. 351-353. 1979.

29. Glazovskaya, L. I., Golubkov, V. V., Specific Microtextures of Tektites and Impact Glass from the Zhamanshin Astrobleme: Implications for Tektite Genesis, Petrology, Vol. 5, No. 2, pg. 197. 1997.

30. 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.

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

32. Hörz, F., Ostertag, R and Rainey,D A., Bunte breccia of the Ries: Continuous deposits of large impact craters. Reviews of Geophysics and Space Physics, v. 21, pp. 1667-1725. 1983.

33. Hörz, F., Ejecta of the Ries crater, Germany. The Geological Society of America Special Paper 190, pp. 39-55. 1982.

34. Izokh, E. P., Kashkarov, L. and Korotkova,N., Age and chemical composition of the Zhamanshin crater impactites and tektites and comparison with Australasian tektites. Novosibirsk, Russian Acadamy of Sciences, Siberian Branch, United Institute of Geology, Geophysics and Mineralogy. 1993.

35. Izokh, E. P., Age of the Australasian tektite strewn field (abstract). Meteoritics, v. 28, pp. 371-372. 1993.

36. Izokh, E. P., Kashkarov, L.L. and Korotkova,N.N., Ages of Zhamanshin crater impactites and projectile tektites (abstract). Meteoritics, v. 28, pp. 372. 1993.

37. Izokh, E. P., Zhamanshin impact crater and the tektite puzzle (abstract). Meteoritics, v. 26, pp. 350. 1991.

38. Izokh, E. P., Zhamanshin impact crater and tektite problem. Soviet Geology and Geophysics, v. 32, pp. 1-10. 1991.

39. Izokh, E. P., Relationship between Austral-Asian tektite strewn-field and Zhamanshin crater: Clue to the origin of tektites (abstract). Meteoritics, v. 24, p. 280. 1989.

40. Izokh, E. P., The Paradox of Age: Tektites and tektite showers (in Russian). Meteoritika, v. 44, pp. 127-134. 1985.

41. Kapustkina, I. G., Some pecularities of the irgizites construction and composition (abstract). Lunar and Planetary Science Conference XXII, pp. 679-680. 1991.

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44. Kashkarov, L. L., Genaeva, L.I. and Izokh,E.P., Fission track dating of glasses from Zhamanshin astrobleme. Second International Conference on Natural Glasses, Prague, 1987, pp. 199-202. 1987.

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46. Koeberl, C., Storzer, D., Chemical composition and fission track age of Zhamanshin crater glass. Second International Conference on Natural Glasses, Prague, 1987, pp.207-213. 1987.

47. Koeberl, C., Glass, B. P., Chemical varitations in blue zhamanshinites (Zhamanshin Crater, USSR) (abstract). Meteoritics, v. 22, pp. 429. 1987.

48. Koeberl, C., Badyukov, D.D. and Nazarov,M.A., Blue Glass from Zhamanshin impact crater (USSR) (abstract). Lunar and Planetary Science XVII, pp. 430-431. 1986.

49. Koeberl, C., Fredriksson, K., Impact glasses from Zhamanshin crater (U.S.S.R.): Chemical composition and discussion of origin. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 78, pp. 80-88. 1986.

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51. Koeberl, C., Zhamanshinites and Aouelloul-glass: Main element analyses and correlations (abstract). Lunar and Planetary Science XIV, pp. 383-384. 1983.

52. Kolesnikov, E. M., Smolyar, M.I., Lebedeva, L.M., Shykolyukov, Yu.A. and Izokh,E.P., Isotopic K/Ar Dating of glasses from Zhamanshin astroblem. Second International Conference on Natural Glasses, Prague, 1987, pp. 203-205. 1987.

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54. Korotayeva, M. M., Sazonova, L. V., Relationship of porosity and impact melt rocks composition (Zhamanshin astrobleme, USSR) (abstract). Lunar and Planetary Science XXI, pp. 655-656. 1990.

55. Masaitis, V. L., Shergina, J.P., Shkarbatova, G.S. and Karpinsky,A.P., Isotopic composition of Sr in target rocks and impact glasses from Zhamanshin crater (abstract). Meteoritics, v. 29, p. 497. 1994.

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57. Masaitis, V. L., Elements of bilateral symmetry of the Zhamanshin impact crater (abstract). Meteoritics, v. 25, p. 146. 1990.

58. Masaitis, V. L., Ivanov, M.A., Ezersky, V.A., Kozlov,V.S.and Reshetnyak., The west Siberian dispersion area of tektite-like glasses (in Russian). Dolkady Akademii Nauk SSSR, v. 304, pp. 1419-1423. 1989.

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73. Raikhlin, A. I., Impact glasses from certain astroblemes in the USSR (in Russian). Meteoritika, v. 41, pp. 130-133. 1982.

74. Raisbeck, G. M., Yiou, F., Zhou, S.Z. and Koeberl,C., 10Be in irghizite tektites and Zhamanshinite impact glasses (abstract). Chemical Geology, v. 70, p. 120. 1988.

75. Sazonova, L. V., Korotaeva, N. N., Metastable liquid immiscibility in Zhamanshin astrobleme glasses as a result of sharp supercooling of impact melts (abstract). Lunar and Planetary Science XXII, pp. 1173-1174. 1991.

76. Sazonova, L. V., Korotaeva, N. N., Zhamanshin astrobleme glasses: The discovery of stable liquid immiscibility and miniral unusual for magmatic rocks (abstract). Lunar and Planetary Science XXII, pp. 1175-1176. 1991.

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78. Storzer, D., Koeberl, C., Fission track evidence for multiple source components of Zhamanshin impactites, and new fission track ages (abstract). Meteoritics, v. 24, pp. 328-329. 1989.

79. Storzer, D., Wagner, G. A., Fission track dating of El'gygytgyn, Popigai and Zhamanshin impact craters: No sources for Australasian or North-American tektites (abstract). Meteoritics, v. 14, pp. 541-542. 1979.

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81. Zbik, M., Jasieniak, M. and Smart,R.St.C., Organosilane occurrence in irghizite samples from the Zhamanshin impact crater, Kazakhstan, Meteoritics & Planetary Science Vol. 35, No. 5, pp 943-949. 2000.

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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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