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Guidebook to the Geology of Barringer Meteorite Crater, Arizona

Guidebook to the Geology of Barringer Meteorite Crater, Arizona

Guidebook to the Geology of Barringer Meteorite Crater, Arizona

This note covers the following topics: introduction, target sequence, barringer meteorite impact crater, shock metamorphism, crater rim uplift and crater wall collapse, overturned rim sequence, distribution of ejecta, projectile, trajectory, energy of impact, age of the crater, environmental effects of the impact, postimpact lake, crater rim east trail guide, crater floor trail guide, bibliography

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