La Moinerie
Crater Name | Location | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter (km) | Age (Ma) | Exposed | Drilled | Target Rock** | Bolide Type*** |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
La Moinerie | Quebec, Canada | N 57° 26' | W 66° 37' | 8 | 400 ± 50 | Y | N | C | - |
1. Vertical view
2. DEM
References |
Cockell, C. S., Lee, P., The Biology of Impact Craters - a review. Biol. Rev., 77, P. 279 - 310. 2002. |
Bottomley, R. J., York, D. and Grieve,R.A.F., 40Argon-39Argon dating of impact craters. Proceedings Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 20th, pp. 421-431. 1990. |
Bottomley, R. J., York, D. and Grieve,R.A.F., 40Ar-39Ar dating of Canadian impact craters: Lac Couture and Lac La Moinerie (abstract). Meteoritics, v. 13, p. 395. 1978. |
Clark, J. F., Magnetic survey data at meteoritic impact sites in North America. Geomagnetic Service of Canada, Earth Physics Branch Open File # 83-5, 30 p. 1983. |
Gold, D. P., Tanner, J.G. and Halliday,D.W., The Lac La Moinerie crater: A probable impact site in New Quebec (abstract). Geological Society of America, v. 10, p. 44. 1978. |
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. |
Grieve, R. A. F., Petrographic report on impact melt samples. Unpublished report, Earth Physics Branch, Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, Ottawa, Canada. 1976. |
Gurov, E. P., Gurova, E. P., Impact structures on the Earth's surface (in Russian). Geologicheskii Zhurnal, v. 47, pp. 117-124. 1987. |
Ogilvie, B. Y., Robertson, B. and Grieve,R.A.F., Meteorite impact features in Canada: An inventory and an evaluation. Unpublished Report, 180 p. 1984. |
Thomas, M. D., Halliday, D.H. and Stephenson,R., Gravity anomalies and geological structure in northern Labrador and northeastern Quebec. Earth Physics Branch, Canada, Gravity Map Series Nos. 157-161, 38 p. 1978. |
* 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) |