The authors have synthesized 16 years of geological and geophysical studies which document an 85-km-wide impact crater buried 500 m beneath Chesapeake Bay in south eastern Virginia, USA. In doing so, they have integrated extensive seismic reflection profiling and deep core drilling to analyze the structure, morphology, gravimetrics, sedimentology, petrology, geochemistry, and paleontology of this submarine structure. Of special interest are a detailed comparison with other terrestrial and extraterrestrial craters, as well as a conceptual model and computer simulation of the impact. The extensive illustrations encompass more than 150 line drawings and core photographs.
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This volume synthesizes 16 years of geological and geophysical studies that document an 85-km-wide impact crater buried 500 m beneath Chesapeake Bay in southeastern Virginia, USA. The authors integrate extensive seismic reflection profiling and deep core drilling to analyze the structure, morphology, gravimetrics, sedimentology, petrology, geochemistry, and paleontology of this submarine structure. Of special interest are a detailed comparison with other terrestrial and extraterrestrial craters, plus a conceptual model and computer simulation of the impact. The extensive illustrations include more than 150 line drawings and core photographs. An accompanying CD-ROM includes selected seismic profiles, scaled cross sections, detailed maps, and downhole geophysical logs.
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reflection abbreviations, postimpact sediments, fallback suevite, glass microspherules, fallout suevite, showing fault traces, subaerial craters, breccia apron, crystalline basement surface, generic predominance, glauconitic quartz sand, reflection couplet, multichannel profiles, sedimentary target rocks, annular trough, granitoid fragment, trackline map, peak ring, seismic tracklines, basement clasts, fallback breccia, pyrite lattices, crater outer rim, crystalline clasts, fallout layer Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Chesapeake Bay, Chickahominy Formation, Newport News, North American, Windmill Point, Toms Canyon, Delmarva Peninsula, Virginia Coastal Plain, Potomac River, Bath Cliff, Bunte Breccia, Piney Point, Potomac Formation, Rappahannock Canyon, Lower Cretaceous, York River, James River, New Jersey, Black Member, Mattaponi Formation, Baltimore Canyon, Cape Charles, Rappahannock River, Smith Point, Discriminant Function New!
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reflection abbreviations, postimpact sediments, fallback suevite, glass microspherules, fallout suevite, showing fault traces, subaerial craters, breccia apron, crystalline basement surface, generic predominance, glauconitic quartz sand, reflection couplet, multichannel profiles, sedimentary target rocks, annular trough, granitoid fragment, trackline map, peak ring, seismic tracklines, basement clasts, fallback breccia, pyrite lattices, crater outer rim, crystalline clasts, fallout layer Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Chesapeake Bay, Chickahominy Formation, Newport News, North American, Windmill Point, Toms Canyon, Delmarva Peninsula, Virginia Coastal Plain, Potomac River, Bath Cliff, Bunte Breccia, Piney Point, Potomac Formation, Rappahannock Canyon, Lower Cretaceous, York River, James River, New Jersey, Black Member, Mattaponi Formation, Baltimore Canyon, Cape Charles, Rappahannock River, Smith Point, Discriminant Function New!
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