Santa Fe
Crater Name | Location | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter (km) | Age (Ma) | Exposed | Drilled | Target Rock** | Bolide Type*** |
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Santa Fe | New Mexico , U.S.A. | N 35° 45' | W 105° 56' | 6-13 | < 1200 | N | N | M | - |
References |
Cavosie, A. J. 2014. Apatite for destruction. Goldschmidt Conference, abstract #366. |
Cavosie, A. J., and Lugo, C. 2014. Shocked apatite from the Santa Fe impact structure (USA): a new accessory mineral for studies of shock metamorphism. 45th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, abstract #1691. |
Colon, D., and Cavosie, A. J. 2014. Detrital shocked muscovite from the Santa Fe impact structure. 45th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, abstract #2033. |
Fackelman, S. P., McElvain, T. H., Morrow, J. R., and Koeberl, C. 2007. Shatter cone exposures indicate a new bolide impact structure near Santa Fe, New Mexico. 38th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, abstract #1207. |
Fackelman, S. P., Morrow, J. R., Koeberl, C., and McElvain, T. H. 2008. Shatter cone and microscopic shock-alteration evidence for a post-paleoproterozoic terrestrial impact structure near Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 270, 290–299. |
Lugo, C. M., and Cavosie, A. J. 2014. First report of shocked zircon at the Santa Fe impact structure (USA). 45th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, abstract #1839. |
* 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) |