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Paasselkä

 Crater Name  Location  Latitude  Longitude  Diameter (km)  Age (Ma)  Exposed  Drilled  Target Rock**  Bolide Type***
 Paasselkä  Finland  N 62° 2'  E 29° 5'  10  < 1800  Y  Y  -  -

References
Abels A., Paasselka impact structure, Finland, 1999.
Kuivasaari, T., Pesonen, L.J., Elo, S., Plado, J., Lehtinen,M., Paasselkä - the ninth meteorite impact structure in Finland, 4th ESF Workshop, p. 79. 2000.
Lehtinen, M., Pesonen, L., Paasselästa Suomen yhdeksäs kraatteri. Tähdet ja avaruus, v.3, p.34-35. 1999.
Ohman, T., Badjukpv, D., Raitlala, J., Petrova, T., Stehlik,H., Impactites of the Paasselkä and Suvasvesi South Craters, Finland, Lunar and Planetary Science XXXIV. 2003.
Pesonen, L. J., Kuivasaari, T., Lehtinen, M., Elo,S., Paasselkä: A New Meteorite Impact Structure in Eastern Finland, Meteoritics; vol. 34, No. 4, Supp. p. A90-1. 1999.
Pesonen, L. J., Lehtinen, M., Yhdeksäs kraatteri loytyi idästä. Helsingin Sanomat 17.4.1999, s.D1. 1999.
Schmieder, M., Moilanen, J. and Buchner, E., Impact melt rocks from the Paasselkä impact structure (SE Finland): Petrography and geochemistry, Meteoritics & Planetary Science, v. 43, no. 7, p. 1189-1200. 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)