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Jebel Waqf as Suwwan

 Crater Name  Location  Latitude  Longitude  Diameter (km)  Age (Ma)  Exposed  Drilled  Target Rock**  Bolide Type***
 Jebel Waqf as Suwwan  Jordan  N 31° 03'  E 36° 48'  5.5  56 - 37  Y  N  S  -

References
Kenkmann, T., Reimold, W.U., Khirfan, M., Salameh, E., Konsul, K., Lehmann, T. and Khoury, H., The impact crater Jebel Waqf As Suwwan in Jordan: Effects of target heterogenity and impact obliquity on central uplift formation., Lunar and Planetary Science Conference XXXX, abstract #1592. 2009.
Khirfan, M., Kenkmann, T. and Salameh, E., Remote sensing and structural analysis of Jabal Waqf As Suwwan meteorite impact, Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution IV, abstract #3109. 2008.
Salameh, E., Khoury, H., Reimold, W. U., and Schneider, W. The first large meteorite impact structure discovered in the Middle East: Jebel Waqf As Suwwan. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. v.43, no.10, pp. 1681-1690. 2008.
Salmeh, E, Khoury, H., Reimold, W.U., Scneider, W. and Kenkmann, T., First large meteorite impact structure discovered in the Middle Easst: Jebel Waqf As Suwwan, Jordan, Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution IV, abstract #3106. 2008.
* 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)