Jackpine Creek magnetic anomaly: Identification of a buried meteorite impact structure

Serguei Goussev, Robert A. Charters, John W. Peirce, William E. Glenn

The Leading Edge · 2003 · 21 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

The meteorite impact process is quite a remarkable natural phenomenon. When it occurs in a sedimentary basin, it can create a trap-generating structure (rim and central uplift) and reservoir rocks (ejecta piles and breccia infill), both at the same time.