2006 Philadelphia Annual Meeting (22–25 October 2006)

Session No. 44
Sunday, 22 October 2006: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

T121. Impact Craters: Structures, Drilling, Ages, and Geophysics

GSA Planetary Geology Division; International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP); GSA Geophysics Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division

 

Christian Koeberl and Jared R. Morrow, Advocates
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1:30 PM
GEOPHYSICAL SIGNATURE OF METEORITE IMPACT CRATERS – FIRST AND SECOND ORDER FOOTPRINTS
MILKEREIT, Bernd1, L'HEUREUX, Elizabeth1 and UGALDE, Hernan2, (1)Department of Physics, Univ of Toronto, 60 St. George street, Toronto, ON M5S 1A7, Canada, (2)School of Geography and Earth Science, McMaster University, Burke Science Building, 1280 Main street West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada, bm@physics.utoronto.ca, bm@physics.utoronto.ca
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1:50 PM
ICDP-USGS DEEP DRILLING PROGRAM IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY IMPACT STRUCTURE, VIRGINIA, USA
GOHN, Gregory S.1, KOEBERL, Christian2, MILLER Sr, Kenneth3, REIMOLD, Wolf Uwe4, COCKELL, Charles5, DYPVIK, Henning6, EDWARDS, Lucy E.7, HORTON Jr, J. Wright1, POWARS, David S.8 and SANFORD, Ward E.9, (1)U.S. Geol Survey, 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, A-1090, Vienna, Austria, (3)Dept. of Geological Sci, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Rd, Piscataway, NJ 08854, (4)Institute of Mineralogy, Humboldt-University in Berlin, Invalidenstrasse 43, Berlin, D-10099, Germany, (5)Planetary and Space Sciences Research Institute, Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, (6)Department of Geology, Univ of Oslo, P.O.Box 1047, Blindern, Oslo, N-0316, Norway, (7)U. S. Geol Survey, 926A National Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192, (8)U.S. Geol Survey, 926A National Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192, (9)United States Geological Survey, National Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192, ggohn@usgs.gov, ggohn@usgs.gov
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2:10 PM
LATE JURASSIC IMPACT FIRE OF HYDROCARBON SOURCE ROCKS IN THE BARENTS SEA
DYPVIK, Henning, Department of Geology, Univ of Oslo, P.O.Box 1047, Blindern, Oslo, N-0316, Norway, WOLBACH, Wendy S., Department of Chemistry, DePaul University, 1036 W Belden Ave, Chicago, IL 60614-3214, SHUVALOV, Valery, Institute of Geosphere Dynamics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 38 Leninsky Prospect , Building 1, Moscow, Russia, 119334, Russia and WEAVER, Susanna L. Widicus, Departments of Chemistry and Astronomy, University of Illinois, Roger Adams Lab 164, Box 23-5, Urbana, IL 61801, henning.dypvik@geologi.uio.no, henning.dypvik@geologi.uio.no
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2:30 PM
INSIGHTS INTO THE STRUCTURALLY COMPLEX INNER CRATER OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY IMPACT STRUCTURE FROM GEOPHYSICS AND DEEP TEST HOLES
POWARS, David S., CATCHINGS, Rufus D., GOHN, Greg S., HORTON Jr, J. Wright, EDWARDS, Lucy E., DANIELS, David L. and PIERCE, Herb A., U.S. Geol Survey, 926A National Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192, dpowars@visuallink.com, dpowars@visuallink.com
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2:45 PM
UPPER EOCENE MICROTEKTITES DISCOVERED IN ALABAMA: A FIRST-ORDER CORRELATION TO THE GPTS
PUSZ, Aimee E.1, MILLER Sr, Kenneth G.1, WRIGHT, James D.1, BROWNING, James V.1, WADE, Bridget S.2 and KENT, Dennis V.3, (1)Dept. of Geological Sci, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Rd, Piscataway, NJ 08854, (2)Institute of Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 71 Dudley Rd, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-852, (3)Geological Sciences, Rutgers Univ. and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Piscataway, NJ 08854, aimeep@eden.rutgers.edu, aimeep@eden.rutgers.edu
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3:00 PM
FUTURE DRILLING OF THE CHICXULUB IMPACT CRATER
MORGAN, Joanna V.1, URRUTIA, Jaime, GULICK, Sean3, CHRISTESON, Gail4, GRIEVE, Richard5, WARNER, Mike1, BARTON, Penny6, REBOLLEDO, Mario7 and MELOSH, Jay8, (1)Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom, (2)The Institute for Geophysics, The Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78759, (3)The Institute for Geophysics, The University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences, 4412 Spicewood Springs Road, Building 600, Austin, TX 78759, (4)Natural Resources of Canada, 580 Booth Street, Ottawa, K1A OE4, Canada, (5)Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Bullard Laboratories, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 OEZ, United Kingdom, (6)CICY, Calle 21, Cancun, 77524, Mexico, (7)Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907, j.morgan@imperial.ac.uk, j.morgan@imperial.ac.uk
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3:15 PM
SUB-SURFACE ASYMMETRIES OF THE CHICXULUB IMPACT CRATER
GULICK, Sean1, BARTON, Penny2, CHRISTESON, Gail L.3, MCDONALD, Matthew4, MENDOZA, Keren5, MORGAN, Joanna6, URRUTIA, Jaime5 and WARNER, Mike7, (1)The Institute for Geophysics, The Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78759, (2)Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Bullard Laboratories, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 OEZ, United Kingdom, (3)Institute for Geophysics, Univ of Texas at Austin, JJ Pickle Research Campus, Bldg 196 (ROC), 10100 Burnet Rd (R2200), Austin, TX 78758-4445, (4)Institute for Geophysics, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78759, (5)Instituto de Geofisica, Universidad Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, (6)Earth Sciences and Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom, (7)Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom, sean@ig.utexas.edu, sean@ig.utexas.edu
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3:30 PM
STRUCTURE OF CHICXULUB PEAK RING AND SHALLOW CRATER FLOOR FROM NEW SEISMIC DATA
BARTON, Penny1, SURENDRA, Anusha1, MASOOMZADEH, Hassan1, GULICK, Sean2 and MORGAN, Joanna3, (1)Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Bullard Laboratories, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 OEZ, United Kingdom, (2)The Institute for Geophysics, The Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78759, (3)Earth Sciences and Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom, pb29@cam.ac.uk, pb29@cam.ac.uk
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3:45 PM
MOHO UPWARPING BENEATH THE CHICXULUB IMPACT CRATER
CHRISTESON, Gail1, GULICK, Sean2, MORGAN, Joanna3, WARNER, Mike3 and BARTON, Penny4, (1)Institute For Geophysics, University of Texas, 4412 Spicewood Springs Rd., Bldg 600, Austin, TX 78759, (2)University of Texas Institute for Geophysics, John A. and Katherine G. Jackson School of Geosciences, 4412 Spicewood Springs Rd, Building 600, Austin, TX 78759-8500, (3)Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom, (4)Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Bullard Laboratories, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 OEZ, United Kingdom, gail@ig.utexas.edu, gail@ig.utexas.edu
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4:00 PM
OBLIQUE IMPACT AND PEAK RING OFFSET: VENUSIAN CRATERS COMPARED TO CHICXULUB
MCDONALD, Matthew, Institute for Geophysics, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78759, GULICK, Sean, The Institute for Geophysics, The Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78759, MELOSH, H. Jay, Lunar and Planetary Lab, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 and MENDOZA, Keren, Instituto de Geofisica, Universidad Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, mcdonald@ig.utexas.edu, mcdonald@ig.utexas.edu
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4:15 PM
MULTIPHASE MODEL OF EJECTA TRANSPORT AWAY FROM EARTH IMPACT CRATERS
YANCEY, Thomas E., Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843 and GUILLEMETTE, Renald, Dept. Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, tyancey@geos.tamu.edu, tyancey@geos.tamu.edu
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4:30 PM
NUMERICAL MODELING OF AERIAL BURSTS AND ABLATION MELTING OF LIBYAN DESERT GLASS
BOSLOUGH, Mark B.E., Exploratory Simulation Technologies, Sandia National Laboratories, MS 0370, PO Box 5800, Albuquerque, NM 87185-0370, mbboslo@sandia.gov, mbboslo@sandia.gov
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4:45 PM
THE BOSUMTWI IMPACT STRUCTURE - PETROPHYSICAL AND PALEOMAGNETIC INVESTIGATIONS
ELBRA, Tiiu and PESONEN, Lauri, Division of Geophysics, University of Helsinki, PO Box 64, Helsinki, 00014, Finland, tiiu.elbra@helsinki.fi, tiiu.elbra@helsinki.fi
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5:00 PM
FAULT GEOMETRY AND MECHANICS IN IMPACT STRUCTURES: NEGATIVE INVERSION OF BOUNDING FAULTS IN THE FLYNN CREEK IMPACT STRUCTURE, TENNESSEE
EVENICK, Jonathan C., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of Tennessee, 306 Earth and Planetary Sciences Building, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410 and HATCHER Jr, Robert D., Univ of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, jevenick@tennessee.edu, jevenick@tennessee.edu
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5:15 PM
PALEOMAGNETISM OF THE DECATURVILLE IMPACT BRECCIAS AND THE WEAUBLEAU-OSCEOLA STRUCTURE, SOUTHWEST MISSOURI: TESTING THE SERIAL IMPACT HYPOTHESIS
DULIN, Shannon and ELMORE, Richard D., School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, 100 E. Boyd. St, Norman, OK 73019, shannonann42@gmail.com, shannonann42@gmail.com
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