2008 Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM

Session No. 269
Tuesday, 7 October 2008: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

T97. Terrestrial Impact Structures: Origin, Structure, and Evolution

GSA Planetary Geology Division; International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP); GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Geophysics Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies

 

Christian Koeberl and Jared R. Morrow, Advocates
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Start Time
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1:30 PM
What Can We Learn from Meteor Crater Regarding the Origin, Structure, and Evolution of Impact Craters on Earth?
KRING, David A., Lunar and Planetary Institute, 3600 Bay Area Blvd, Houston, TX 77058, kring@lpi.usra.edu, kring@lpi.usra.edu
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1:50 PM
Imaging and Drilling the Chicxulub Impact Crater: Testing Models for Crater Collapse
GULICK, Sean P.S.1, BARTON, Penny2, MORGAN, Joanna3, CHRISTESON, Gail L.4, MCDONALD, Matthew5, MENDOZA, Keren6, COLLINS, Gareth7, SURENDRA, Anusha2, URRUTIA, Jaime6 and VERMEESCH, Peggy1, (1)Jackson School of Geosciences, Institute for Geophysics, University of Texas, Austin, 4412 Spicewood Springs Rd, #600, Austin, TX 78759, (2)Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Bullard Laboratories, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 OEZ, United Kingdom, (3)Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom, (4)Institute for Geophysics, Univ of Texas at Austin, JJ Pickle Research Campus, Bldg 196 (ROC), 10100 Burnet Rd (R2200), Austin, TX 78758-4445, (5)Institute for Geophysics, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78759, (6)Instituto de Geofisica, Universidad Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, (7)Impact and Astromaterials Research Centre, Dept. Earth Science and Eng., Imperial College, London, United Kingdom, sean@ig.utexas.edu, sean@ig.utexas.edu
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2:10 PM
The Chicxulub Impact Melt-Rock
CLAEYS, Philippe, Analytical, Environmental and Geo-Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, Brussels, 1050, Belgium, phclaeys@vub.ac.be, phclaeys@vub.ac.be
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2:25 PM
Sequence Stratigraphy of the Chicxulub Crater Infill and Yucatàn Carbonate Platform Development: Implications for the Evolution of Large Terrestrial Impact Craters
WHALEN, Michael T.1, PEARSON, Zulmacristina F.1, GULICK, Sean S.P.2 and NORRIS, Richard D.3, (1)Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Alaska Fairbanks, P.O. Box 755780, Fairbanks, AK 99775, (2)Institute for Geophysics, University of Texas at Austin, J.J. Pickle Research Campus (ROC), 10100 Burnet Rd. (R2200), Austin, TX 78758-4445, (3)Scripps Institution of Oceanography/UCSD, MS-0244, 427 Vaughan Hall, La Jolla, CA 92093-0244, mtwhalen@gi.alaska.edu, mtwhalen@gi.alaska.edu
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2:40 PM
Impactites and Basement-Derived Rocks in the ICDP-USGS Eyreville Cores, Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure, USA
HORTON, J. Wright1, KUNK, Michael J.1, BELKIN, Harvey E.2, JACKSON, John C.3 and CHOU, I-Ming3, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, 956 National Center, Reston, VA 20192, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, 954 National Center, Reston, VA 20192, whorton@usgs.gov, whorton@usgs.gov
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2:55 PM
Asymmetric (Dipping) Layered Target Constrained Infilling of the Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure
POWARS, David S.1, EDWARDS, Lucy E.1, CATCHINGS, Rufus D.2, GOHN, Gregory S.1 and HORTON, J. Wright1, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192, (2)Earthquake Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd. MS 977, Menlo Park, CA 94025, dspowars@usgs.gov, dspowars@usgs.gov
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3:10 PM
Melt Particles from the Impact Breccia Section, Eyreville B Drill Core, Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure, USA
BARTOSOVA, Katerina1, FERRIÈRE, Ludovic1, KOEBERL, Christian1 and BRANDSTAETTER, Franz2, (1)Department of Lithospheric Research, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, Vienna, A-1090, Austria, (2)Mineralogy and Petrology, Natural History Museum, Burgring 7, Vienna, A1010, Austria, katerina.bartosova@univie.ac.at, katerina.bartosova@univie.ac.at
 
3:25 PM
Break
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3:40 PM
Petrology of Impact Melt Rocks from the Chesapeake Bay Crater
WITTMANN, Axel, Lunar and Planetary Institute, USRA, 3600 Bay Area Boulevard, Houston, TX 77058, KRING, David A., Lunar and Planetary Institute, 3600 Bay Area Blvd, Houston, TX 77058, REIMOLD, Wolf Uwe, Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute at Humboldt University Berlin, Invalidenstrasse 43, Berlin, D-10115, Germany, HECHT, Lutz, Museum for Natural History, Humboldt University, Invalidenstrasse 43, Berlin, 10115, Germany, SCHMITT, Ralf T., Museum of Natural History, Humboldt University, Invalidenstrasse 43, Berlin, D-10115, Germany and FERNANDES, Vera A., Berkeley Geochronology Center, 2455 Ridge Road, Berkeley, CA 94709, wittmann@lpi.usra.edu, wittmann@lpi.usra.edu
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3:55 PM
Post-Impact Heat Conduction and Compaction-Driven Fluid Flow in the Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure, Based on Downhole Vitrinite Reflectance
MALINCONICO, MaryAnn L.1, SANFORD, Ward E.2 and HORTON, J. Wright1, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192, (2)United States Geological Survey, 431 National Center, Reston, VA 20192, mmalinconico@usgs.gov, mmalinconico@usgs.gov
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4:10 PM
Impact to Immediate Post-Impact Effects of the Chesapeake Bay Event
DYPVIK, Henning1, HORTON Jr, James Wright2 and POWARS, David S.2, (1)Department of Geoscience, University of Oslo, Oslo, NO-0316, Norway, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192, henning.dypvik@geo.uio.no, henning.dypvik@geo.uio.no
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4:30 PM
Post-Impact Evolution of the Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure: Eustasy, Passive-Aggressive Tectonism, and Impactite Compaction
KULPECZ, Andrew A.1, MILLER, Kenneth2, BROWNING, James V.2, EDWARDS, Lucy3, POWARS, David S.4, HARRIS, Ashley5 and FEIGENSON, Mark D.6, (1)Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Edison, NJ 08854, (2)Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sci, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Rd, Piscataway, NJ 08854, (3)United States Geological Survey, National Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192, (4)U.S. Geological Survey, 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192, (5)Dept. of Geological Sci, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Rd, Piscataway, NJ 08854, (6)Geological Sciences, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, akulpecz@rci.rutgers.edu, akulpecz@rci.rutgers.edu
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4:45 PM
Post-Impact Integrated Litho-, Sequence, Sr-Isotopic, and Bio- Stratigraphy of the Eyreville Corehole, Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure Inner Basin
BROWNING, James V.1, MILLER, Kenneth G.2, MCLAUGHLIN, Peter P.3, EDWARDS, Lucy E.4, POWARS, David S.4, KULPECZ, Andrew A.1, WADE, Bridget S.5 and FEIGENSON, Mark D.1, (1)Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Rd, Piscataway, NJ 08854, (2)Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, (3)Delaware Geological Survey, Newark, DE 19716, (4)U.S. Geological Survey, 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192, (5)Department of Earth Sciences, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom, jvb@rci.rutgers.edu, jvb@rci.rutgers.edu
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5:00 PM
Impact Geology of the U.S. Gulf Coastal States
KING Jr, David T., Dept. Geology, Auburn Univ, Auburn, AL 36849 and PETRUNY, Lucille W., Astra-Terra Research, Auburn, AL 36831, kingdat@auburn.edu, kingdat@auburn.edu
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5:15 PM
Universal Stage Determination of Crystallographic Orientations of Planar Deformation Features In Quartz: Quality, Precision, Repeatability, and Representativeness of Measurements
FERRIÈRE, Ludovic1, MORROW, Jared R.2, AMGAA, Tsolmon1 and KOEBERL, Christian1, (1)Department of Lithospheric Research, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, Vienna, A-1090, Austria, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182-1020, ludovic.ferriere@univie.ac.at, ludovic.ferriere@univie.ac.at
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