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Earth Impact Database Sorted by : | Age | Diameter | Name |
Shoemaker
(formerly Teague)
Crater Name |
Location |
Latitude |
Longitude |
Diameter (km) |
Age (Ma)* |
Exposed |
Drilled |
Target Rock** |
Bolide Type*** |
Shoemaker
(formerly Teague) |
Western Australia |
S 25° 52' |
E 120° 53' |
30 |
1630 ± 5 |
Y |
N |
M |
- |
Landsat 7 bands 3, 2, and 1 (RGB) from a scene acquired on 5/5/2000.
Submitted by Ron Hayes
ASTER image: 11/04/2000.
Bands: 3, 2 and 1 (RGB). Coverage ca. 63.5 x 61 km.
Submitted by Keiko Zumsprekel
NASA Space Shuttle image STS 41D-42-039
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DEM image Provided by Dr. Carlos Roberto de Souza Filho
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Image Provided by Dr. Carlos Roberto de Souza Filho
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Image Provided by Dr. Carlos Roberto de Souza Filho
References |
Bunting, J. A., de Laeter, J.R. and Libby,W.G., Evidence for the age and cryptoexplosive origin of the Teague Ring structure, Western Australia. Western Australia Geological Survey Annual Report 1979, pp. 125-129. 1980. |
Butler, H., The Lake Teague ring structure, Western Australia: An astrobleme? Search, v. 5, pp. 534, 536. 1974. |
Grieve, R. A. F., Meteorite impact studies featured in Australia. Episodes, v. 13, pp. 281-282. 1990. |
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. |
Haines, P. W., Impact Cratering and Distal Ejecta: The Australian Record. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 52, P. 481 - 507. 2005. |
Hawke, P. J., Interpretation of geophysical data over the Shoemaker impact structure, Earaheedy Basin, Western Australia, Geological Survey of Western Australia Record 2003/6. 2003. |
Miura, Y., Kato, T., Anomalous shocked quartz in Australian impact craters (abstract). Meteoritics, v. 26, pp. 373. 1991. |
Pirajno, F., Glikson, A. Y., Shoemaker Impact Structure in Western Australia, Henrard, J., Yabushita, S. (Eds.), Dynamics of Comets and Asteroids and their Roles in Earth History, Celest. Mech. Dyn. Astron. 68 pp.25-30. 1998. |
Pirajno, F., Hawke, P. , Glikson, A. Y. , Haines, P. W. and Uysal, T., Shoemaker impact structure, Western Australia. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 50, P. 775 - 796. 2003. |
Pirajno, F., Hawke, P., Glikson, A.Y., Haines, P.W., Uysal,T., Shoemaker impact structure, Western Australia, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences (2003) 50, p. 775-796. 2003. |
Pirajno, F., Hydrothermal processes associated with meteorite impact structures: Evidence from three Australian examples and implications for economic resources, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 52, pp. 587-605, 2005 |
Pirano, F., Glikson, A., Shoemaker impact structure, Western Australia, Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, v. 69, p. 25-30. 1998. |
Shoemaker, E. M., Shoemaker, C. S., Impact structures of Australia (1987) (abstract). Lunar and Planetary Science XIX, pp. 1079-1080. 1988. |
Shoemaker, E. M., Shoemaker, C. S., Proterozoic impact record of Australia (abstract). Abstracts of the International Workshop on Meteorite Impact on the Early Earth, Perth, Australia, pp. 47-48. 1990. |
Shoemaker, E. M., Shoemaker, C. S., The Proterozoic impact record of Australia. AGSO Journal of Australian Geology & Geophysics, v. 16, pp. 379-398. 1996. |
* 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) |
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