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
This
course note introduces students to the basics of geology. It will addresses
topics ranging from mineral and rock identification to the origin of the
continents, from geologic mapping to plate tectonics, and from erosion by rivers
and glaciers to the history of life.
Author(s): Prof. Taylor Perron and Prof. Oliver Jagoutz
The aim of this note is to
provide a basic introduction to the geological and geophysical processes that
form and shape the ocean basins and their margins. Topics covered includes:
Seafloor Mapping, Understanding Conductive Cooling, Cooling of the Ocean Plates,
Evidence for Plate Tectonics from Magnetics, Global Seismology, Mantle Melting
and Phase Diagrams, Mid-Ocean Ridge Segmentation, Subduction Zones, Seismic
Hazards in the Pacific Northwest, Passive Margins and Sediment Transport,
Sequence Stratigraphy and Eustacy, Deep Sea Sedimentation and Paleoceanography.