Kamil
| Crater Name | Location | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter (km) | Age (Ma) | Exposed | Drilled | Target Rock** | Bolide Type*** |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kamil | Egypt | N 22°01' | E 26°05' | 0.045 | - | Y | N | S | Iron |
References |
| Folco, L., Di Martino, M., Barkooky, A.E.,D'Orazio, M.,Lethy, A., Urbini, S., Nicolosi,L., Hafez, M., Cordier, C., van Ginneken, M., Zeoli, A., Radwan, A.M., Khrepy, S.E., Gabry, M.E., Gomaa, M., Barakat, A.A., Serra, R. and Sharkawi, M.E.,The Kamil Crater in Egypt. Science, v.329, no.5993, pp. 804, doi: 10.1126/science.1190990. 2010. |
| * 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) |