Suvasvesi South
Crater Name | Location | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter (km) | Age (Ma) | Exposed | Drilled | Target Rock** | Bolide Type*** |
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Suvasvesi S | Finland | N 62°36' | E 28° 13' | 3.8 | ~ 250 | N | N | C | - |
References |
Buchner, E., Schmieder, M., Schwarz, W.H., Trieloff, M., Moilanen, J., Ohman, T., Stehlik, H., and Anonymous. A Proterozoic (super 40) Ar/ (super 39) Ar age for the Suvasvesi South Structure (Finland). Meteoritics & Planetary Science, vol.44. 2009. |
Donadini, F., Plado, J., Werner, S. C., Salminen, J., Pesonen, L. J., and Lehtinen, M. 2006. New Evidence for Impact from the Suvasvesi South Structure, Central East Finland. In Impact Studies (pp. 287–307). Springer Science $\mathplus$ Business Media. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/3-540-25736-5_13. |
Werner, S.C., Plado, J., Pesonen, L.J., Kuulusa, M., Consolmagno, G.J. The two Suvasvesi lakes in central Finland; a possible doublet impact structure. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, vol.36, pp.223. 2001. |
* 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) |