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Ames

 Crater Name  Location  Latitude  Longitude  Diameter (km)  Age (Ma)  Exposed  Drilled  Target Rock**  Bolide Type***
 Ames  Oklahoma, U.S.A.  N 36° 15'  W 98° 12'  16 470 ± 30  N  Y  M  -

Residual Topography

References

Ahern, J. L., Gravity and magnetic investigation of the Ames structure, North-central Oklahoma. Ames Structure in Northwest Oklahoma and Similar Features: Origin and Petroleum Production (1995 Symposium), K. S. Johnson and J. A. Campbell, Oklahoma Geological Survey, Norman, Oklahoma, v. Circular 100, pp. 330-333. 1997.
Ahern, J. L., Impact structure or volcanic structure: The results of gravity and magnetic modelling of the Ames structure (abstract). Ames Structure and Similar Features - A Workshop, pp. 25. 1995.
Ambers, C. P., Brändlein, P. and Gilbert,M.C., Petrology of enigmatic rocks from 2.75 km depth in the Ames structural anomaly, Major County, Oklahoma, and their relationship to suevite from the Ries crater, Nördlingen, Bavaria. Ames Structure in Northwest Oklahoma and Similar Features: Origin and Petroleum Production (1995 Symposium), K. S. Johnson and J. A. Campbell, Oklahoma Geological Survey, Norman, Oklahoma, v. Circular 100, pp. 302-309. 1997.
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Banks, R., Kuykendall, M. D., Arcuate faults help to "relax" and explain the Ames structure. Ames Structure in Northwest Oklahoma and Similar Features: Origin and Petroleum Production (1995 Symposium), K. S. Johnson and J. A. Campbell, Oklahoma Geological Survey, Norman, Oklahoma, v. Circular 100, pp. 339-356. 1997.
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Bridges, L. W. D., Ames depression, Oklahoma: Domal collapse and later subsurface solution. Ames Structure in Northwest Oklahoma and Similar Features: Origin and Petroleum Production (1995 Symposium), K. S. Johnson and J. A. Campbell, Oklahoma Geological Survey, Norman, Oklahoma, v. Circular 100, pp. 153-168. 1997.
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Coughlon, J. P., Denney, P. P., The Ames structure and other North American cryptoexplosion features: Evidence for endogenic emplacement. Ames Structure in Northwest Oklahoma and Similar Features: Origin and Petroleum Production (1995 Symposium), K. S. Johnson and J. A. Campbell, Oklahoma Geological Survey, Norman, Oklahoma, v. Circular 100, pp. 133-152. 1997.
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Curtiss, D. K., Wavrek, D. A., The Oil Creek-Arbuckle (!) petroleum system, Major County, Oklahoma. Ames Structure in Northwest Oklahoma and Similar Features: Origin and Petroleum Production (1995 Symposium), K. S. Johnson and J. A. Campbell, Oklahoma Geological Survey, Norman, Oklahoma, v. Circular 100, pp. 240-258. 1997.
Denison, R. E., Stern, R.J. and Sun,C.-H., Basement rocks in the Ames area. Ames Structure in Northwest Oklahoma and Similar Features: Origin and Petroleum Production (1995 Symposium), K. S. Johnson and J. A. Campbell, Oklahoma Geological Survey, Norman, Oklahoma, v. Circular 100, pp. 334-338. 1997.
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Donofrio, R. R., Survey of hydrocarbon-producing impact structures in North America: Exploration results to date and potential for discovery in Precambrian basement rock. Ames Structure in Northwest Oklahoma and Similar Features: Origin and Petroleum Production (1995 Symposium), K. S. Johnson and J. A. Campbell, Oklahoma Geological Survey, Norman, Oklahoma, v. Circular 100, pp. 17-29. 1997.
Evans, J., Historical development and production of the Arbuckle and exotic lithologies in the Ames structure, Oklahoma. Ames Structure in Northwest Oklahoma and Similar Features: Origin and Petroleum Production (1995 Symposium), K. S. Johnson and J. A. Campbell, Oklahoma Geological Survey, Norman, Oklahoma, v. Circular 100, pp. 207-213. 1997.
Fischer, J. F., The Nicor No. 18-4 Chestnut core, Ames structure, Oklahoma: Description and petrography. Ames Structure in Northwest Oklahoma and Similar Features: Origin and Petroleum Production (1995 Symposium), K. S. Johnson and J. A. Campbell, Oklahoma Geological Survey, Norman, Oklahoma, v. Circular 100, pp. 223-239. 1997.
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Haines, R. A., Comparison of Sylvan structure residual maps of the Ames feature, using control as of December 1990 and December 1994. Ames Structure in Northwest Oklahoma and Similar Features: Origin and Petroleum Production (1995 Symposium), K. S. Johnson and J. A. Campbell, Oklahoma Geological Survey, Norman, Oklahoma, v. Circular 100, p. 374. 1997.
Haines, R. A., Comparison of Sylvan structure residual maps of the Ames hole using control as of December 1990 and December 1994 (abstract). Ames Structure and Similar Features - A Workshop, pp. 32. 1995.
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Hannibal J.T., Feldmann, R. M., Phyllocarid crustaceans from a Middle Ordovician black shale within the Ames structure, Northwest Oklahoma. Ames Structure in Northwest Oklahoma and Similar Features: Origin and Petroleum Production (1995 Symposium), K. S. Johnson and J. A. Campbell, Oklahoma Geological Survey, Norman, Oklahoma, v. Circular 100, pp. 370-373. 1997.
Hannibal, J. T., Feldmann, R. M., Phyllocarid crustaceans from the ?oil creek shale (Ordovician), within the Ames structure, northwest Oklahoma (abstract). Ames Structure and Similar Features - A Workshop, pp. 33. 1995.
Heyer, J. F., Trapping mechanisms in Arbuckle strata, Major County, Oklahoma. Ames Structure in Northwest Oklahoma and Similar Features: Origin and Petroleum Production (1995 Symposium), K. S. Johnson and J. A. Campbell, Oklahoma Geological Survey, Norman, Oklahoma, v. Circular 100, pp. 214-222. 1997.
Huffman, A. R., Shock-induced microstructures and experimental constraints on the formation of the Ames impact structure. Ames Structure in Northwest Oklahoma and Similar Features: Origin and Petroleum Production (1995 Symposium), K. S. Johnson and J. A. Campbell, Oklahoma Geological Survey, Norman, Oklahoma, v. Circular 100, pp. 310-325. 1997.
Huffman, A. R., Experimental constraints on shock-induced microstructures in the impact deposits of the Ames crater (abstract). Ames Structure and Similar Features - A Workshop, pp. 34. 1995.
Johnson K.S., Smith, D., Ames structure of northwestern Oklahoma is reflected in overlying Permian strata. Ames Structure in Northwest Oklahoma and Similar Features: Origin and Petroleum Production (1995 Symposium), K. S. Johnson and J. A. Campbell, Oklahoma Geological Survey, Norman, Oklahoma, v. Circular 100, pp. 357-362. 1997.
Johnson, K. S., Smith, D., Ames structure reflected in overlying Permian strata (abstract). Ames Structure and Similar Features - A Workshop, pp. 36. 1995.
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Koeberl, C., Reimold, W. U., Kelley., Petrography, geochemistry, and argon -40/argon -39 ages of impact-melt rocks and breccias from the Ames impact structure, Oklahoma: The Nicor Chestnut 18-4 drill core. Meteoritics & Planetary Science v. 36(2001)(is. 5), pp. 651-669. 2001.
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Koeberl, C., Reimold, W.U., Brandt, D., Dallmeyer, R.D. and Powell,R.A., Target rocks and breccias from the Ames impact structure, Oklahoma: Petrology, mineralogy, geochemistry, and age. Ames Structure in Northwest Oklahoma and Similar Features: Origin and Petroleum Production (1995 Symposium), K. S. Johnson and J. A. Campbell, Oklahoma Geological Survey, Norman, Oklahoma, v. Circular 100, pp. 169-198. 1997.
Koeberl, C., Reimold, W. U., Petrological and geochemical studies of samples from the Nicor Chestnut 18-4 drill core, Ames impact structure, Oklahoma (abstract). Lunar and Planetary Science, v. XXVII, pp. 679-680. 1996.
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Koger, D. G., Wiley, M. A., Correlation of Landsat MSS (Multi-Spectral Scanner) and TM (Thematic Mapper) images with subsurface structure, Ames, Oklahoma. Ames Structure in Northwest Oklahoma and Similar Features: Origin and Petroleum Production (1995 Symposium), K. S. Johnson and J. A. Campbell, Oklahoma Geological Survey, Norman, Oklahoma, v. Circular 100, pp. 260-264. 1997.
Koger, D. G., Wiley, M. A., Satellilte data use and season/sensor/image comparisons; Ames Hole, Oklahoma (abstract). Ames Structure and Similar Features - A Workshop, pp. 18. 1995.
Kuykendall, M. D., Johnson, C.L. and Carlson,R.A., Reservoir characterization of a complex impact structure: Ames impact structure, northern shelf, Anadarko Basin. Ames Structure in Northwest Oklahoma and Similar Features: Origin and Petroleum Production (1995 Symposium), K. S. Johnson and J. A. Campbell, Oklahoma Geological Survey, Norman, Oklahoma, v. Circular 100, pp. 199-206. 1997.
Kuykendall, M. D., Johnson, C.L. and Carlson,R.A., Reservoir characterization of a complex impact crater: "Ames Crater", Northern Shelf, Anadarko Basin (abstract). Ames Structure and Similar Features - A Workshop, pp. 21. 1995.
Kuykendall, M. D., Johnson, C.L. and Carlson,R.A., Reservoir characterization of a complex impact crater: "Ames Crater, " northern shelf, Anadarko Basin (abstract). AAPG Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado. 1994.
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Mescher, P., Schultz, D. J., Gamma ray marker in Arbuckle dolomite, Wilburton Field, Oklahoma -- A widespread event associated with the Ames Hole impact crater (abstract). Ames Structure and Similar Features - A Workshop, pp. 35. 1995.
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Repetski, J. E., Conodont age constraints on the Middle Ordovician black shale within the Ames structure, Major County, Oklahoma. Ames Structure in Northwest Oklahoma and Similar Features: Origin and Petroleum Production (1995 Symposium), K. S. Johnson and J. A. Campbell, Oklahoma Geological Survey, Norman, Oklahoma, v. Circular 100, pp. 363-369. 1997.
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Sandridge, R., Ainsworth, K., The Ames structure reservoirs and three-dimensional seismic development. Ames Structure in Northwest Oklahoma and Similar Features: Origin and Petroleum Production (1995 Symposium), K. S. Johnson and J. A. Campbell, Oklahoma Geological Survey, Norman, Oklahoma, v. Circular 100, pp. 120-132. 1997.
Sandridge, R., Ainsworth, K., The Ames crater reservoirs and 3-D seismic development (abstract). Ames Structure and Similar Features - A Workshop, pp. 42. 1995.
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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 - Metasedimentary 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)