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Geology, geophysics, and petrology of impact structures (meteorite impact craters) with special focus on the Azuara and Rubielos de la Cérida impact structures (Spain)

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Earth Impact Database - Crater names, location, size, and age. Background information, images, FAQ.

• Traces of Catastrophe - Online book. Detailed introduction and overview of impact processes, geology crater formation, and shock metamorphism.
• Impact Craters on Earth - Map of crater locations in Canada, crater images, geology explanation and images of rock altered by impact.
• Chicxulub Scientific Drilling Program - Multinational program to obtain and study core samples.
• Crater - A program that relates crater size to projectile geomorphology size.
• Impact Structures - Geology, geophysics, and petrology of impact structures (meteorite geomorphology impact craters) impact craters with special focus on the Azuara geomorphology and Rubielos de la impact craters Cérida impact structures (Spain)
• Impact Parameters - Online calculator for cratering effects of hypothetical asteroid impacts.
• Meteor Crater - Images and short explanations of geologic features near geomorphology the rim impact craters of the Barringer meteor crater.
• Geology 376 - 2001 Field Trip - Travelogue of a geology class field trip to geology the Barringer geomorphology meteor crater. Images, crater description, geology topographic map.
• Reuben Johnson's K/T Expedition -- 2001 - Background info on the Chicxulub impact crater at the K/T impact craters (Cretaceous/Tertiary) boundary with photos of the 2001 NASA/Planetary Society expedition impact craters to Belize and Mexico to study and gather ejecta samples.
• Three Craters in Israel - Investigates the possibility they have been caused by comet fragments.
• Astronomy Picture of the Day - Barringer Crater on Earth - Aerial photograph.
• Solar System Collisions - Online calculator for effects of asteroid impact.
• Astronomy Picture of the Day - Manicouagan Impact Crater on Earth - Image taken from space shuttle Columbia in 1983.
• Terrestrial Impact Craters - Background information, images, list of craters, references.
• Astronomy Picture of the Day - Impact: 65 Million Years Ago - Computer rendering of Chicxulub crater, from gravity and geology magnetic field impact craters data.
• A 'Smoking Gun' for Dinosaur Extinction - NASA JPL article on the Chicxulub crater. An image impact craters from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission shows an elevation feature impact craters of the crater. The article gives background information and impact craters interpretation of the image.

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