Decaturville
| Crater Name | Location | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter (km) | Age (Ma) | Exposed | Drilled | Target Rock** | Bolide Type*** |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decaturville | Missouri, U.S.A. | N 37° 54' | W 92° 43' | 6 | < 300 | Y | Y | M | - |
1. Aerial Photograph
2 & 3. Geology Superimposed on DEM (image created by Graham Nickerson, Interactive Visualisation Systems)
References |
Amstutz, G. C., Zimmerman, R. A., Decaturville sulfide breccia of south-central Missouri (abstract). Geological Society of America, Special Paper 87, p. 4. 1966. |
Amstutz, G. C., Tectonic and petrographic observations on polygonal structures in Missouri. New York Academy of Sciences, Annals, v. 123, pp. 876-894. 1965. |
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Graves, H. B., The Precambrian structure of Missouri. St. Louis Academy of Science, Transactions, v. 29, pp. 111-161. 1938. |
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Offield, T. W., Pohn, H. A., Geology of the Decaturville impact structure, Missouri. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1042, 48 p. 1979. |
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Snyder, F. G., Gerdemann, P. E., Explosive igneous activity along an Illinois-Missouri-Kansas axis. American Journal of Science, v. 263, pp. 465-493. 1965. |
Tarr, W. A., The origin of the Decaturville dome in Camden County, Missouri (abstract). Missouri Academy of Sciences, Proceedings, v. 1, pp. 99-101. 1935. |
Zimmerman, R. A., Amstutz, G. C., The polygonal structure at Decaturville, Missouri - new tectonic observations. Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie Monatshefte, v. 9, pp. 288-307. 1965. |
Zimmermann, R. A., Amstutz, G. C., The Decaturville sulfide breccia - a Cambro-Ordovician mud volcanoe. Chemie der Erde, v. 17, pp. 253-274. 1972. |
| * 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) |