Tenoumer
| Crater Name | Location | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter (km) | Age (Ma) | Exposed | Drilled | Target Rock** | Bolide Type*** |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tenoumer | Mauritania | N 22° 55' | W 10° 24' | 1.9 | 0.0214 ± 0.0097 | Y | N | M | - |
1. Ground based panorama - kindly supplied by Linda Kah, University of Tennessee
2. Aerial Photograph
3. Thematic Mapper - Detail
4. DEM Image Provided by Dr. Carlos Roberto de Souza Filho
5 & 6. Image Provided by Dr. Carlos Roberto de Souza Filho
References |
French, B. M., Hartung, J.B., Short, N.M. and Dietz,R.S., Tenoumer crater, Mauritania: Age and petrologic evidence for origin by meteorite impact. Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 75, pp. 4396-4406. 1970. |
French, B. M., Short, N.M. and Dietz,R.S., Shock-metamorphic features at the Tenoumer crater, Mauritania (abstract). EOS, v. 50, p. 221. 1969. |
Fudali, R. F., Cassidy, W. A., Gravity reconnaissance at three Mauritanian craters of explosive origin. Meteoritics, v. 7, pp. 51-70. 1972. |
Fudali, R. F., Genesis of the melt rocks at Tenoumer crater, Mauritania. Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 79, pp. 2115-2121. 1974. |
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. |
Gurov, E. P., Gurova, E. P., Impact structures on the Earth's surface (in Russian). Geologicheskii Zhurnal, v. 47, pp. 117-124. 1987. |
Koeberl, C., African meteorite impact craters: Characteristics and geological importance. Journal of African Sciences, v. 18, pp. 263-295. 1994. |
Monod, T., Pomerol, C., The Tenoumer crater (Mauritania) and its lavas (in French). Societe Geologique de France Bulletin, ser. 7, v. 8, pp. 165-172. 1966. |
Pratesi, G., Morelli, M., Rossi, A.P. and Ori, G.G., Chemical compositions of impact melt breccias and target rocks from the Tenoumer impact crater, Mauritania, Meteoritics & Planetary Science, v.40, no.11, pp.1653-1672. 2005. |
Richard-Molard, M. J., The explosion crater of Tenoumer and the probable presence of a large rectilinear feature in the western Sahara (in French). Academie des Sciences, Paris, Comptes Rendus, v. 227, pp. 213-214. 1948. |
Storzer, D., Selo, M. Latouche, L. Fabre,J., The age of Tenoumer crater, Mauritania, revisited, Lunar and Planetary Science XXXIV. 2003. |
Winzer, S. R., Meyerhoff, M, Stokowski, S J., Lum, R K. L., Schuhmann, S and Philipots,J A., Petrology, petrography and geochemistry of impact melts from Tenoumer crater, Mauritania (abstract). Meteoritics, v. 12, pp. 389-390. 1977. |
Zotkin, I. T., "Moon" craters on the Earth (in Russian). Priroda, v. 9, pp. 95-105. 1969. |
| * 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) |