Meteor Crater, or Barringer Crater, is an impact crater about 37 mi (60 km) east of Flagstaff and 18 mi (29 km) west of Winslow in the desert of northern...
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microscopic craters seen on lunar rocks returned by the Apollo Program to simple bowl-shaped depressions and vast, complex, multi-ringed impact basins. Meteor Crater...
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The Odessa Meteor Crater is a meteorite crater in the southwestern part of Ector County, southwest of the city of Odessa of West Texas, United States...
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List of impact structures on Earth (redirect from Terrestrial crater)
in the column "Continent" will give a list of craters for that continent. Bolide – Extremely bright meteor Earth Impact Database – Database of impact structures...
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asteroid that created Meteor Crater (also called Barringer Crater), Arizona, United States. Meteorites have been found around the crater rim, and are named...
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did some of their geological training here. Odessa Meteor Crater Marquez crater Barringer Meteor Crater, Arizona Trans-Pecos Pecos River Llano Estacado "SierraMadera"...
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Daniel Barringer (geologist) (section Meteor Crater)
the existence of an impact crater on the Earth, Meteor Crater in Arizona. The site has been renamed the Barringer Crater in his honor, which is the preferred...
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televised around the world. Shoemaker also studied terrestrial craters, such as Barringer Meteor Crater in Arizona, and along with Edward Chao provided the first...
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Grove Karl Gilbert (section Meteor crater)
Gilbert delta. In 1891, Gilbert examined the origins of a crater in Arizona, now known as Meteor Crater but then as Coon Butte. For several reasons, and against...
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complex, multi-ringed impact basins. Meteor Crater is a well-known example of a small impact crater on Earth. Impact craters are the dominant geographic features...
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Francis Crater Haywire Crater Junction Crater Lenox Crater Maroon Crater Merriam Crater Moon Crater North Sheba Crater O'Neill Crater Old Caves Crater Pinnacle...
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Created around 50,000 years ago, the Barringer Meteorite Crater (better known simply as "Meteor Crater") is a gigantic hole in the middle of the high plains...
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caused by a meteor about 200 metres (660 ft) wide which struck during the Middle Ordovician Period, circa 470 million years ago. The crater is estimated...
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Impact event (redirect from Meteor impact)
the Barringer Crater, locally known as Meteor Crater, east of Flagstaff, Arizona, are rare. Instead, it was widely thought that cratering was the result...
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Peoria County, Illinois, in the United States. It is one of two known meteor craters in Illinois. It is 4 kilometers (2.5 mi) in diameter and the age is...
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Wetumpka, Alabama (section Wetumpka meteor crater)
"The City of Natural Beauty". Among the notable landmarks are the Wetumpka crater and the Jasmine Hill Gardens, with a full-sized replica of the Temple of...
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Subsequent drilling within the crater found a large amount of oil and gas. It is one of the largest of six meteor craters associated with oil-producing...
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which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and the Meteor Crater, which is designated a National Natural Landmark. Winslow was founded...
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Retrieved 2014-04-03. "Wetumpka Meteor Crater". Archived from the original on 17 Mar 2005. Retrieved 2014-04-03. "Impact Crater". Wetumpka Area Chamber of...
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Lonar Lake (redirect from Lonar crater)
metres (449 ft) below the crater rim. The meteor crater rim is about 1.8 kilometres (5,900 ft) in diameter. Although the crater's age was previously estimated...
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Meteorite (section Large impact craters)
Barringer Meteor Crater, Odessa Meteor Crater, Wabar craters, and Wolfe Creek crater; iron meteorites are found in association with all of these craters. In...
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exceptionally bright meteor, but the term is subject to more than one definition, according to context. It may refer to any large crater-forming body, or...
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Kamacite (section Meteor crater Arizona)
needed] Kamacite has been found and studied in Meteor Crater, Arizona. Meteor Crater was the first confirmed meteor impact site on the planet, and was not universally...
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Geography of Alabama (section Wetumpka Meteor Crater)
the five-mile (8.0 km) wide impact crater that was blasted into the bedrock, with the area labeled the Wetumpka crater or astrobleme ("star-wound") for...
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is a meteor crater located in McKenzie County, North Dakota, about 24 km (15 mi) southwest of Watford City, North Dakota, United States. The crater is not...
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inside craters created by meteor impact, such as the Barringer Crater and Chicxulub crater. The presence of shocked quartz supports that such craters were...
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List of films shot in Arizona (section Meteor Crater)
This is a list of films that were filmed in the U.S. state of Arizona. Arizona's diverse geography make it an ideal place for making films. The deserts...
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Puchezh-Katunki is a meteor crater located in the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast of the Volga Federal District, Russia. It is 80 km (50 mi) in diameter. Argon–argon...
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(1860–1929), American geologist best known for proving the Meteor Crater to be an impact crater Daniel Laurens Barringer (1788–1832), U.S. Congressman from...
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how Meteor Crater formed when an asteroid impacted the Earth. In 1942, Harvey Nininger moved his home and business from Denver to the Meteor Crater Observatory...
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