Fig. HYPERLINK "../Honors227/Images/10_3.jpg"Figure 3. Suggest some ways in which the scarp around Olympus Mons might have formed. Earth continues to be a target and contrary to popular opinion, the Moon does not act as a meteoroid deflector (it is too small and too distant!). Consult your lab manual for detailed discussion. . ExDsD ;;8-E:(] Fig. This impact is thought to have triggered fires and tsunamis and created a cloud of dust and water vapor that enveloped the globe in a matter of days, resulting in fluctuating global climate changes. Non-foliated textures have minerals that are not aligned. Procedures and Questions: Part 4 The Hesperia region in the southern hemisphere consists of cratered plains which have been modified by aeolian processes. endobj Wow, that's massive. Compare the size of Ius Chasma and its tributaries to the size of the Grand Canyon of Arizona (approximate length=175 km and maximum width=29km). 2) we may think it somehow formed from an identical mechanism. These are not commonly tested for in an introductory lab. For the roughly 200 established terrestrial impact structures neither a comet nor a rubble pile asteroid could definitely be shown to have been the impactor. A complex crater in the northern region of Mars. As lower levels of the lava start to cool, they are also pulled . American Geological Institute, Alexandria, VA, 788 p. Igneous rocks are rocks that solidify from molten material (magma). Ma'adim Vallis (labeled C) is the channel in the southeastern part of the image. Thus, if a valley cuts through a crater, the crater must be older. While many minerals share common physical properties, when all of a mineral's physical properties are examined, it often results in a unique set of physical properties which can be used to identify the mineral. <>/XObject<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 612 792] /Contents 17 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 1>> The three stages of impact crater formation. Valleys on western Chryse Planitia near Viking 1 site. The first is called erosion. 19. Sedimentary Rock Identification ChartTEXTUREGRAIN SIZECOMPOSITIONROCK NAMEClastic2 mmrock fragments, quartz, feldsparConglomerate1/16 - 2 mmquartz, feldsparSandstone<1/16 mmquartz, clay mineralsMudstone1/16 mmfeldspar, quartzArkoseChemicalcalciteLimestonesilica (quartz)ChertgypsumRock GypsumhaliteRock SaltBiologicorganic material, plant fragmentsBituminous Coalcalcite, shell and skeletal fragmentsCoquinacalcite with some fossilsFossiliferous Limestone Metamorphic rocks are rocks that have undergone a change from their original form due to changes in temperature, pressure or chemical alteration. A very rough rule of thumb amounts to the order of a one-to-ten diameter ratio. Jackson (eds. The large circular dark areas in the image are impact basins, created as huge impactors struck the Moon. Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like Where do you find the thickest ejecta?, How do you think the crater rim formed?, Where would you find most of the younger material? Justify your answer. The curious central mound within the craters can be explained by Hertzian and spallation fracturing on collision with the hard hailstones. The meter scale indicates water depth. Gypsum is relatively soft (Hardness =2) and can be scratched easily with a fingernail. Large crustal blocks were merging together to create the . Image: Google Earth. The prevailing theory supported by the scientific community, the giant impact hypothesis suggests that the moon formed when an object smashed into early Earth. Image from the Mars Global Surveyor, courtesy of the Lunar and Planetary Institute. This new crater candidate with fluvial morphological units preserved on the floor lead to understand the nature of fluvial processes . The rock is composed entirely of glass. Dunite is composed almost entirely of the mineral olivine which usually contains both iron and magnesium. Justify your answer. The more mass it has the bigger the impact. The impact velocity was 1250 m/s, and the target (flour) sound /seismic velocity is estimated to have been about 100 m/s. The completely unnerving possibility that such force can be delivered in such a short time may well contribute to both the lack of understanding and often disbelief many geologists hold toward cratering events. Material Type: Lab; Class: Sci Thought/Processes I; Subject: Honors Program; University: George Mason University; Term: Unknown 1989; 19.) Reuyl, Dirk. That means it is more likely it will cool into hexagonal chunks. These processes expose old, long-buried materials, making them accessible to probes and . The large number of craters in this region indicates that this part of the Moon is quite ancient. <> Therefore, older surfaces have more impact craters. Consider the relationship between Ma'adim Vallis and Gusev, the 160 km diameter . Heavy elements began sinking past the oceans and magma toward the center of the planet. Phaneritic texture is composed of crystals that are large enough to see but smaller than pegmatitic texture, and the entire rock is composed of crystals. Sometimes the force of the impact is great enough to melt some of the local rock. Anthracite coal is similar to bituminous coal. Astronomy Gift Shop: http://www.astronomydvd.com/shop.aspx How were the Moon's craters and maria formed? . Peak ring crater Rachmaninoff on Mercury. endobj 3 strongly resemble meteorite impact craters exhibiting a central uplift like the Tycho impact crater on Earths moon (Fig. endobj Based on your observations, what is the probable order of occurrence of A, B, C, and D in Figure 5 (i.e., which came first, second, third, last)? {u/ 8`&_@ug,jbAM$[$oPocqM9K'5u"gY2;!1Nb$NfMc,cl9{=ZY6m#v]b1$m|"^K)Ks7q~B-=Cdl/)q&eHdiT) %Iwd`y\*/[Cr|R>/cRN]UyYIcF8`wiaV>bzw]'b+DZbV;zdge4e=00%9)q@B|~1QV, V=~ERZRm -Y 03.04.10. Moon craters are formed by volcanism and cratering. What happens when an impactor hits? Cross sections of simple and complex impact craters. Fig. The moons surface is riddled with craters ranging in size and structural complexity, and billions of years ago before life emerged, the Earth looked the same way. The model crater developed a nice central peak as well as terraced margins. 9. Justify your answer. Procedures and Questions: Part 3 Now we examine some Valleys west of Chryse Planitia. Unlike the rock-into-mud cratering, the excavation in impact cratering is inextricably linked with the propagation of shock waves. The first reason is that Earth's surface is continuously changing because we live on a geologically active planet. in Reuyl crater located along the dichotomy boundary (west of Apollinaris Mons ). 245 pp, Oxford Univ. Apart from the distinct role rarefactions waves play in the formation of the excavation flow field, they are especially relevant geologically. Porphyritic texture is composed of crystals of two different sizes. Scientists describe other types of craters as well: How are large craters different than small ones? The size and shape of the crater and the amount of material excavated depends on factors such as the velocity and mass of the impacting body and the geology of the surface. 1. A stone-into-mud crater demonstrates the difference between it and a hypervelocity crater (Fig. Volcanism has produced vast lava flows, broad shield volcanoes, and plains of volcanic material. i~4?7Z"UJmiCwbes%7Vo}bf_iK4Ev, u4J_8(Vjj#W]^`:*I23SPPEX `p-1sU?"_F4I=?^i(.i]V The ejecta blanket has lobes, which may indicate wet material was ejected, suggesting that subsurface water or melted ice was mixed into the debris. Arid climate and a lack of vegetation in the vicinity of Meteor Crater make it an excellent comparison site for similar-sized impact craters on Mars, Ramsey said. Sometimes lots of particles strike at one time, creating meteor showers. In the large 35-40 km-diameter Azuara, Spain impact structure there is stratigraphic evidence for such a nearly simultaneous excavation and collapse [click here]. But Earth has several things the moon doesnt an atmosphere and liquid water that cause erosion. Procedures and Questions: Part 2 Ius Chasma is part of the western end of Valles Marineris, the largest Martian canyon. h_X CJ$ h_X H* h_X 5h_X h_X 5>* h=X@ 5CJ he > 5CJ h_X 5CJ h 5CJ h 5CJ. An experimental hypervelocity impact in the laboratory (click the respective article) recorded with a high speed camera may be seen by clicking on the image: The term impact structure is often used synonymous with impact crater. 18. Fig. What happens to the transient crater? Essentially, the Moon's surface has not been modified since early in its history, so most of its craters are still visible. Impact craters allow scientists to study a planet's geological historyeven when the records are buried beneath the surface. Scientists estimate that Earth and the other terrestrial planets are struck by, on average, five asteroids less than 2 kilometers (a little over 1 mile) across every million years. Such a high-speed impact produces a crater that is approximately 20 times larger in diameter than the impacting object. Most obsidian is felsic in composition, yet typically it will have a very dark color (dark brown to black). The ejecta of the larger crater is different from that of the smaller crater. This crater is believed to have formed when an asteroid struck Earth 65 million years ago. The Moon lacks water, an atmosphere, and tectonic activity, three forces that erode Earth's surface and erase all but the most recent impacts. Justify your answer. Hailstones and even raindrops may produce on harder ground small craters as well (Fig. They leave very characteristic features. Computations suggest craters that were formed by a low-density projectile are flatter and have distinctly larger diameter ratios (compared to the above-mentioned one-to-ten ratio of projectile and crater diameter). (not recommended in an introductory lab - you don't know who has handled or licked the sample before you).Other PropertiesFluorescence, RadioactivityRequires special equipment such as a UV lamp and geiger counter. These stages are: the contact and compression stage (Fig. - Lunar and Planetary Institute Quite a few interesting questions may remain open. -+eh5 L*]>;ppq Where were really going to get the answers the gold standards of answers is when we go back to the moon, Kring said. endobj Although Mars does not have plate tectonics like the Earth, there are many tectonic features that show its surface has been deformed. Explain how you can tell. These volcanoes erupted repeatedly over many millions of years, growing higher with each lava flow. How scientists solved the riddle of these mysterious landforms. Tycho meteorite crater on the Moon. endobj endobj The somewhat blurred contours are not surprising giventhe impact happened into water and a soft, water-saturated target rock. All four geologic processes can act to shape a planetary landscape. 20. Explain your answer. )y&bS_jW+|z6ADS FZM+q&+rVim#yHNO 8tU#T.f-[`of=XzuEvr+Ll[fXt 7; UGs@wc 6). Slaty cleavage is composed of platy minerals that are too small to see. 22. What process do you think formed Reuyl crater (marked B on Figure 5)? This article about an extraterrestrial geological feature is a stub. We see that shock wave and rarefaction wave propagation are essential in the formation of a meteorite impact crater. As a rule of thumb, older surfaces have been exposed to impacting bodies (meteoroids, asteroids, and comets) for a longer period of time than younger surfaces. 21. Complex craters are large craters with complicated features. Much of Earth's surface is recycled through plate tectonic activity (and erosion), so Earth also has few craters. Limestone may or may not contain fossils. endstream 10 12 exemplify typical terrestrial structures. 7. Image credit: NASA. These fragments or clasts can be very fine (ash) or coarse (lapilli) or very coarse (bombs and blocks). Both are black in color, and is composed of carbon. Metamorphic Rock Identification ChartTEXTUREFOLIATIONCOMPOSITIONTYPEPARENT ROCKROCK NAMEFoliatedslatymicaRegionalMudstoneSlatephylliticquartz, mica, chloriteRegionalMudstonePhylliteschistosemica, quartzRegionalSlateSchistschistoseamphibole, plagioclaseRegionalBasalt or GabbroAmphibolitegneissic bandingfeldspar, mica, quartzRegionalSchistGneissNon-FoliatedcarbonContact or RegionalBituminous CoalAnthracite Coalquartz, rock fragmentsContact or RegionalConglomerateMetaconglomeratecalciteContact or RegionalLimestoneMarblequartzContact or RegionalSandstoneQuartzite Mars Surface Introduction In many ways Mars is similar to Earth. Hesperia Planum, showing bright windstreaks associated with some of the craters. rBqf]&&3|sz!g8zGci3;U%SK@~hvOg[-=A'c'Z/m~V;;Y=7V99Z}kc|O;7'1m C73C?$so/Exa2Eiu8*B,Xh${BN` d&;W;D[-"Ost"/#6N*(#wz]GU 13) hits the earth? This image shows the variations in the gravity field near the buried impact crater. Early in the formation of our solar system (before 3.9 billion years ago) there was lots of large debris striking the surfaces of the young planets and moons; these older impact basins are larger than the more recent craters. Craters are the most common surface features on many solid planets and moonsMercury and our Moon are covered with craters. 1}bRX12AMAWQe'=u"tP]]!|SdX"uk3&~m?B?_OuG+ s6S x> PY4/'!~OFZUT=ayZBxY`=j 0 "(_Cye@2UGDkA;$V+ "+.m There is no other reasonable explanation for the occurrence of such a peculiar structure at the bottom of the glacial Lake Chiemsee. rought The right side of Figure 12.4 shows a rift zone on Venus. The darker material is quartz sand, combined with a small amount of cornmeal to produce a minor amount of cohesion between sand grains. Procedures and Questions: Part 5 Finally, let's examine Apollinaris Patera and surrounding region. ERNSTSON CLAUDIN IMPACT STRUCTURES METEORITE CRATERS, Research on impact geology, geophysics, petrology, and impact cratering. These temperatures are enough to more or less completely vaporize the impactor and a volume of the target rocks roughly comparable to the volume of the impactor, resulting in a giant expanding impact vapor plume. The crater is about 1.2 kilometers (a little more than 0.5 miles) across and 200 meters (650 feet) deep. Which is larger, and by how much? So far we have considered the impact of a solid object like a stony or iron meteorite. These craters are, however, decidedly not impact structures. Scratch the unknown mineral with a known hardness to determine which mineral is harder. The image to the left is a very simple, bowl shaped crater on the Moon and is typical of small craters that have formed relatively recently. Hence in an impact process much more damage is in general done by the rarefaction waves and not by the compressive shock waves, and many peculiar structural features that are observed in impact structures and that may appear puzzling to geologists are the result of strong tensile forces acting on all scales (for more information see the term spallation in the SEARCH function of our website). Explain your answer. Over the course of a few hundred million years, the planet began to cool and oceans of liquid water formed. The legend is shown at the bottom with different units or features present within the crater. Firsoff is an impact crater in the region called Meridiani Planum in the Oxia Palus quadrangle of Mars, located at 2.66N latitude and 9.42W longitude.It is 90 km in diameter. Transcript (121 KB) Overview : Impact cratering is, arguably, the most important and fundamental geological process in the Solar System. The Vredefort impact crater, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) from Johannesburg, South Africa, was formed just a little over 2 billion years ago. (80 km diameter). <> d. Maadim Vallis is the channel in the southeast part of the photograph, marked C. Which of the four processes do you think formed Maadim Vallis? Computing these vectors (direction and magnitude) for each point in the subsurface, a field of excavation flow with arcuate trajectories as shown in the sketch above (Fig. Image courtesy of D. Roddy through the Lunar and Planetary Institute. <>>> 3), and the central mound in the craters shown in Fig. -Un+iJiO&Jsg/kO(*g!FcyvOC&t+3I*cm_5{`7=!MhW&A\8(}HOf%_Pp)G)d:owWt..L On propagating roughly hemispherically into the underground target rocks, shock wave energy diminishes and so does pressure and temperature. Explain why you believe the way you do. Larger impacts also still occur, but these are much more rare. crater: [noun] the bowl-shaped depression around the orifice of a volcano. In the beginning debate about meteorite craters (about one hundred years ago), astronomers believed the many craters on the Moon were volcanic. JI,ZbXr}n9=^,eIgtU_=F#-K}_^(qyk1bZe|}elK)&Hc:GVtOd~Y@0IA$2i hvF~/_?g@-)(|#)s5.eK%x]G4;kY|^B8I(JY4+Tl7l1Q)>.ux92BfiYnWy%:./#5*j?hv`SEzY8D7\I&RdEO)I[G*ZGy7HjkvKXE@tiYrG:f3' uoiTK"EF]d[59qqgrP~ "UJ|gmPBO(+aS7Gj{k}xeET]A EIx-X]28dy,}Isx.cepq 7rbr:^v4>iHJgEqA&`DA.FYle1}7#W;G-+h eige6 (Viking MDIM Volume 4) 13. 4. 8. The crater has been extensively eroded, but is believed to originally have been as much as 300 kilometers (185 miles) across. Sometimes, impact structures are distinguished from impact craters by their weak morphological signature compared with a true crater. What process do you think formed Reuyl crater (marked B on Figure 11.5)? * Your assessment is very important for improving the workof artificial intelligence, which forms the content of this project Smaller planets have less gravitational "pull" than large planets; impactors will strike at lower speeds. On relieving of pressure, there is an elastic rebound at the crater floor now hosting a layer of brecciated rocks. Sedimentary rock identification is primarily based on composition. A good example is the mineral plagioclase. What would happen if a loosely bound impactor such s this were to strike Earth? Justify your answer. Explain why you believe this is so. T U ; = B } ~ x z h_X B* CJ ph h_X B* ph d. Maadim Vallis is the channel in the southeast part of the photograph, marked C. Which of the four processes do you think formed Maadim Vallis? Larger, more forceful impact events will form complex craters in which the rock at the center of the crater rebounds from the downward pressure of the shock wave and uplifts into a mound-like formation. In concurrence with this result, the crater age . The force of the impacts create circular structures with raised rimmed wall; spatters of mud and smaller circular secondary craters may be seen (Fig. Scientists also think that faster cooling, like when lava is exposed to water, may also help with the formation of these columns. Fig. (Hint: remember that wind direction refers to the direction from which the wind blows.) What process do you think formed Reuyl crater (marked B on Figure 11.5)? (Viking MDIM mosaic 211-5360) 1. Statistically, impact trajectories most abundantly form an oblique 45 angle with the target surface. Meteorite impact spallation: from mega- to micro-scale, The suevite layer outcrop near Fuentes Calientes, Rubielos de la Crida impact basin (Spain), Selection of other publications of interest, New article on the geology of the Iberian System, Understanding the Impact Cratering Process: a Simple Approach, Making impacts: experimental hypervelocity crater generation, Earth Impact Database - Database of Earth Impact Structures - Meteorite Craters, Impact structure and meteorite crater glossary. Earth has weather, water, and plants. Typically bowl-shaped craters. | It is colder inside some craters near the lunar poles than it is on the surface of Pluto (25K, or -415F). Scientists rely on geophysical images for information about its size and shape. endobj The modification stage of impact cratering. The dark basins can be seen by the naked eye. Marked B on Figure 11.5 ) 5 ) miles ) across and 200 meters ( 650 feet deep! 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