Name | Diameter [kilometres] | Age [Million years] | Geographical location | Coordinates |
Mjølnir | 40 km | 142.6 ± 2.6 Ma | Norway, Barents Sea Basin | N73º 48', E29º 40' |
Morokweng | 140 km [<300 km] | 145 ± 0.8 Ma | South Africa, Northwest Province | S26º 20', E23º 32' |
Wells Creek | 14 km | ~200 Ma | USA, Tennessee | N36º 23', W87º 40' |
Reference(s):
- Dypvik, H., Gudlaugsson, S. T., Tsikalas, F., Attrep Jr., M., Ferrell Jr., R. E., Krinsley, D. H., Mørk, A., Faleide, J. I. & Nagy, J., 1996: Mjølnir structure: An Impact crater in the Barents Sea.
–Geology: Vol. 24, #9, pp. 779-782 - Hodge, P., 1994: Meteorite craters and impact structures of the Earth.
–Cambridge University Press, London, 1994, 1-124 - Lehtinen, M., 2001: Personal correspondence.
- Reimond, W. U., Koeberl, C., Brandstätter, F., Kruger, F. J., Armstrong, R. A. & Bootsman, C., 1999: Morokweng impact structure, South Africa: Geologic, petrographic, and isotopic results, and implications for the size of the structure. 61-90
in Dressler, B. O. & Sharpton, V. L., (eds.) 1999: Large meteorite impacts and planetary evolution II.
–The Geological Society of America Special Paper 339, Boulder, 1999, viii-464 - Tsikalas, F., Gudlaugsson, S. T., Faleide, J. I. & Eldholm, O., 1999: Mjølnir Structure, Barents Sea: A Marine impact crater laboratory. 193-204
in Dressler, B. O. & Sharpton, V. L., (eds.) 1999: Large meteorite impacts and planetary evolution, II.
–The Geological Society of America Special Paper 339, Boulder, 1999, viii-464