Saarijärvi
| Crater Name | Location | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter (km) | Age (Ma) | Exposed | Drilled | Target Rock** | Bolide Type*** |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saarijärvi | Finland | N 65° 17' | E 28° 23' | 1.5 | > 600 | - | Y | C | - |
References |
Abels A., Plado J., Pesonen L. J., Lehtinen M., The Impact Cratering Record of Fennoscandia - A Close Look at the Database, 2002. |
Abels A., Saarijärvi impact structure, Finland, 1999. |
Ohman, T., Pesonen, L. J., Elo, S., Uutela, A., Tuiska, P., Raitala,J., The origin and evolution of the Saarijarvi imapct structure, 66th Annual Meteoritical Society Meeting. 2003. |
Ohman, T., Pesonen, L.J., Raitala, J., Uutela, A. and Tuisku,P., The Saarijarvi crater - older and larger than assumed? 4th ESF Workshop, p. 82. 2000. |
Pesonen, L. J., The lake Saarijarvi - A new meteorite impact structure in northern Finland, Lunar and Planetary Science 29, Abs. 1262. 1998. |
Pesonen, L. J., Abels, A., Lehtinen, M., Tuukki,P., The Lake Saarijarvi: A New Impact Structure in Northern Finland, 61st Annual Meteoritical Society Meeting. |
| * 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) |