Consider the relationship between Ma'adim Vallis and Gusev, the 160 km diameter crater marked D. Explain what could be the origin of the material that comprises the floor of Gusev? 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. Thank you for your participation! Aeolian (wind) activity is also a continuing process of erosion. Procedures and Questions: Part 4 The Hesperia region in the southern hemisphere consists of cratered plains which have been modified by aeolian processes. If the crater turns out to be gravity-dominated, this lends evidence to the theory that the comet's nucleus consists of porous, pristine, unprocessed material, and that the comet formed . These are impact craters, each of which was formed when an asteroid or comet collided with the Moon's surface. PAGE 3 PAGE 1 ! The darker material is quartz sand, combined with a small amount of cornmeal to produce a minor amount of cohesion between sand grains. crater: [noun] the bowl-shaped depression around the orifice of a volcano. A stone-into-mud crater demonstrates the difference between it and a hypervelocity crater (Fig. <> Dual crater at the bottom of Lake Chiemsee, Bavaria (Germany) that very probably formed in the large Holocene Chiemgau impact event. 16 0 obj Similar to some river systems on Earth, these Martian channels have a branching pattern. What process do you think formed Reuyl crater (marked B on Figure 5)? For instance, the famous Chicxulub crater in Yucatan, Mexico, is thought to be the site of the meteor impact that instigated the K-T event, which wiped out the dinosaurs in a mass extinction that affected much of life on Earth. At the edges of lunar maria, there are often damaged walls of craters formed before the maria. Image from the Mars Global Surveyor, courtesy of the Lunar and Planetary Institute. 18. Which is larger, and by how much? Larger impacts also still occur, but these are much more rare. Further identification of non-foliated rocks is dependent on the composition of the minerals or components in the rock. Texture of sedimentary rocks in this lab will be taken to indicate origin or type of sediment found in the rock. On Mars, meteor storms 100 million years ago may have literally shaken the Red Planet to the core and destroyed its magnetic field. Around its base is a steep cliff as high as 6 km. [Hint: use the principle of cross-cutting relations to justify your answer.] 14 0 obj Photo Policy <> Foliated textures show four types of foliation. Google Earth image. During the final modification phase, the remainder of ejecta partially refills and rings the crater site, and debris forms a rich mineral composite called breccia. In either case, the conditions of a hypervelocity impact and propagation of shock waves are crucial for the formation of these geologically extraordinary structures. Quartzite is composed of quartz sand grains. HYPERLINK "../Honors227/Images/10_2.jpg"Figure 2. Craters can be used to determine the relative ages of Martian surface materials; in general, older surfaces have craters which are more numerous, larger, and more degraded than those on young surfaces. At some time in their life nearly every girl, boy (and adult) has thrown pebbles or cobbles into mud and watched nice round form. They leave very characteristic features. 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 19. The keys to this definition are the chemical composition and the crystalline structure. 4. Where were really going to get the answers the gold standards of answers is when we go back to the moon, Kring said. Mafic compositions are poor in silica, but rich in iron (Fe) and magnesium (Mg). In concurrence with this result, the crater age . The bottom line is, everything that happened on the moon happened on the Earth, said David Kring, crater expert and team leader for Center for Lunar Science and Exploration. Media Policy 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). 4 0 obj ( ) + 2 3 i r M N g h p q r s t In fact, the differences between craters provide a lot of information about how the craters formed, when they formed, and why. But no matter at what angle it makes contact, the enormous amount of kinetic energy the projectile carries immediately transfers to the target rock it hits, triggering powerful shock waves. Reuyl Crater is approximately 86 kilometers in diameter and was named after Dirk Reuyl, a Dutch-American physicist and astronomer (19061972) who made astronomical measurements of the diameter . Explain their similarities and their differences. Image courtesy of V. L. Sharpton through the Lunar and Planetary Institute. Fragments of the Canyon Diablo meteorite were found inside the crater. The excavation stage ends on release from shock and when the displacements by excavation cavity formation and downwards/sideward compression reach an end. Justify your answer. Lake Toba in Sumatra, the largest volcanic structure on Earth, is an example of an enormous caldera that has filled with water over time. Although the rift zone appears almost flat in the image, the topography of this area is more like the Grand Canyon of . Part of the ejecta of the larger crater was molten, melted rock and formed flows. And again, one might suspect a process similar to rock tossed into mud. They concluded this from the already mentioned prevailing frequency of oblique impact trajectories leading in the majority, in their opinion, to craters of elliptical shape. Fig. Igneous Rock Identification ChartCOMPOSITION \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ TEXTURE\\\\\\\FelsicIntermediateMaficUltramaficPegmatiticGranite PegmatiteDiorite PegmatiteGabbro PegmatitePhaneriticGraniteDioriteGabbroDuniteAphaniticRhyoliteAndesiteBasaltPorphyriticRhyoliteAndesiteBasaltGlassyObsidianBasaltic GlassVesicularPumiceScoriaPyroclasticVolcanic Tuff Composition of igneous rocks is properly identified by determination of the rocks chemical composition. This planar character can be flat like a piece of slate or folded. Given such drastic, far-reaching outcomes of space rock impacts, Kring said that studying crater formation holds the answer to understand not only how life on Earth began but also how it could be wiped away again in a future, perhaps inevitable, K-T event. Different crystalline structures, or how the atoms and molecules are arranged, result in different minerals. Over the course of a few hundred million years, the planet began to cool and oceans of liquid water formed. 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. [ 11 0 R] When an asteroidal or cometary object strikes a planetary surface, it is traveling typically at several tens of kilometres per secondmany times the speed of sound.A collision at such extreme speeds is called a hypervelocity impact. Measure and record the diameter of Olympus Mons. Since tectonic plate movements has erased much of Earths crater record, the answers to the lingering questions about crater formation and timelines lie in the exquisitely preserved craters on the moon. 9). A good example is the mineral plagioclase. Therefore, crisp craters with upraised rims and steep sides are young, while less distinct and eroded craters with partial rims are probably older. Here again, the difference is obvious: In the case of cobble-into-mud or raindrop impacts the craters are not much larger than the projectile (Fig. Intermediate compositions have an intermediate color, often gray or consisting of equal parts of dark and light mineral. It is located along the north border of the Snake River Plain in Idaho. The 50 km-diameter Mathilde asteroid has a mean density of 1.3 g/cm only and is considered a kind of rubble pile. %PDF-1.4 % 6). | Degraded craters -- Craters that have become eroded due to weathering, lava flows, impacting, or downslope movement of material. Space shuttle image STS51I-33-56AA, courtesy of the Lunar and Planetary Institute. Fig. A good example is diamond and graphite. The result is a "bubbly" appearance. 13). In the following, these three stages are illustrated and described in a somewhat simplified manner. Dunite has an ultramafic composition yet is apple green to yellowish green in color. The inner walls of the crater have collapsed to form a series of step-like terraces, and a central peak is visible in the center of the image. Not commonly seen in most introductory lab samples.FractureBreakage of a mineral, not along planes of weakness in the crystral structure.Examine the mineral for areas where the mineral is broken. Valley systems cut through many of the cratered terrains of Mars and have characteristics analogous to water-cut valleys on Earth. Sometimes lots of particles strike at one time, creating meteor showers. The term transient crater means the cratering process continues after the excavation flow comes to rest. by lava flows that obscured the older craters. It was declared a national monument by President Calvin Coolidge in 1924. This of course is primarily a matter of energy related with the projectiles mass (and therefore density) and impact velocity, and, subordinately, also a matter of the target lithology. But the environmental effects of impact crater formation go far beyond forming benign basins. The image shows ring-like structures that extend to about 280 kilometers (175 miles) from the center. An extensive blanket of ejecta covers the area around the rim. e. 19). 5. 3. The force of the impacts create circular structures with raised rimmed wall; spatters of mud and smaller circular secondary craters may be seen (Fig. What process do you think formed Reuyl crater (marked B on Figure 5)? (80 km diameter). * Definitions simplified or modified from Bates, R.L. and J.A. Anthracite coal is similar to bituminous coal. Procedures and Lab Questions to be Turned In: Part 1 Olympus Mons is a shield volcano 600 km in diameter, towering 25 km above the surrounding plain. Fig. stream ExDsD ;;8-E:(] Generally speaking, large impact craters appear to be morphologically flat structures although the impact signature rock deformations, shock metamorphism may extend to considerable depths. Essentially, the Moon's surface has not been modified since early in its history, so most of its craters are still visible. American Geological Institute, Alexandria, VA, 788 p. Igneous rocks are rocks that solidify from molten material (magma). Below you will find a chart which defines the physical properties and provides the means for determining the physical property of a mineral sample. More elongate craters can be produced if an impactor strikes the surface at a very low angle less than 20 degrees. What are some of Earth's famous impact craters? We can also see an inverted channel system, possibly ponded toward the southwest. 288 pp, The University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 1986. a hole in the ground made by the explosion of a bomb or shell. Smaller planets have less gravitational "pull" than large planets; impactors will strike at lower speeds. Fortunately, these two aspects determine a mineral's physical properties. Plagioclase is a member of the feldspar group, but there is more than one type of plagioclase. 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). Halite has a hardness of 2.5 and cannot be scratched by a fingernail (unpolished fingernail). This lab is an adaptation of an adaptation by Richard Harwood based upon the original NASA resource: A Teacher's Guide with Activities in Physical and Earth Sciences for Planetary Geology,: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1998, EG-1998-03-109, p. 238. Details from the Ascraeus channel (red), meandering across the surface of Mars. Terms of Use, Copyright document.write(new Date().getFullYear()); 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. Compare Apollinaris Patera (marked A on Figure 5) to Olympus Mons (Figure 1). This portion of the Moon is covered by numerous circular holes. Fig. It is the oldest and largest impact crater recognized on Earth's surface. | But Earth has several things the moon doesnt an atmosphere and liquid water that cause erosion. Non-foliated textures have minerals that are not aligned. What influences the size and shape of a crater? (Viking MDIM mosaic 211-5360) 1. The now existing bowl-shaped structure surrounded by an uplifted rim and a blanket of ejected material is termed the transient crater obviously indicating a continuation of the impact cratering process arriving in the modification stage. Spreading outwards from the point of contact, compressive shock waves are permanently reflected from the free target surface as tensile rarefaction waves of comparable intensities and, like the shock waves, are propagated downwards. Image credit: NASA. Justify your answer. Fig. The rock is composed entirely of glass. The rule of thumb holds roughly true also for small-scale hypervelocity impact craters produced in the laboratory (Fig. For the following, you will use the knowledge from previous questions to identify Martian landforms and describe the geologic processes that created them. Impact shock waves are characterized by an instantaneous onset of extreme pressures (up to the order of megabars) and extreme temperatures (up to 10,000 degrees or more) on release of the pressure. Four minerals that need to be identified are quartz, halite, gypsum and calcite. The Vredefort impact crater, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) from Johannesburg, South Africa, was formed just a little over 2 billion years ago. Image credit: NASA. The two most notable are obsidian and dunite. 8. Essentially, the minerals are randomly oriented. These chunks begin to form at the top layer of the lava, which is cooling the fastest. 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. 16. Heavy elements began sinking past the oceans and magma toward the center of the planet. Determine and record the diameter of Apollinaris Patera? What process do you think formed Apollinaris Patera? Lastly, pyroclastic texture is composed of volcanic fragments. Although impacts of extraterrestrial objects onto the Earth's surface occur at hypervelocity (high speed) and involve much more kinetic energy than any impacts in a classroom lab might do, such a lab can be worthwhile. This process is comparable to the transition from alluvial fan to debris flow-like evidence reported in the Harris crater, . This "period of heavy bombardment" ended by about 3.9 billion years ago. 19. This depends on how large the crater is. Justify your answer. They are typically filled with impact rocks (impactites) in the form of impact melt rocks,suevitesand different kinds ofbreccias. These fragments or clasts can be very fine (ash) or coarse (lapilli) or very coarse (bombs and blocks). XX=S;K]3:V-j ,bxHeM?qaZ] R*Jf]x-Tfymoy{!TX&THH9C]NXg These are not commonly tested for in an introductory lab. (b) Contour map derived from the MOLA 463m/pixel DTM, with the . 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. When an impactor strikes the solid surface of a planet, a shock wave spreads out from the site of the impact. <> January 2014; The crater has been extensively eroded, but is believed to originally have been as much as 300 kilometers (185 miles) across. 5. Shock waves behave like other waves: they can interfere and they may be reflected and refracted. Quite a few interesting questions may remain open. 11 0 obj Therefore, a simplified system is used based on texture and composition. <>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 612 792] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>> 8 0 obj Apart from the distinct role rarefactions waves play in the formation of the excavation flow field, they are especially relevant geologically. During an impact, buried material is ejected while outward pressure pushes the rock at the crater's edge upward, forming a rim. 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Limestone containing fossils is referred to as fossiliferous limestone. But until NASA returns to the lunar landscape, researchers must rely on shockwave simulators, mathematical models and the well-worn geological formations on Earth to estimate how and when another impact event might occur. 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]. This is clearly different from normal, endogenetic geological processes such as volcanism, earthquakes, tsunamis or other tectonic events. must an impactor be to produce a given size impact structure? : Impact cratering. It has a raised rim around the edge, and nice, sharp features. In an introductory level lab it is impossible for us to determine these two aspects of a mineral. 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. Beware that even though an igneous rock may have a felsic composition (light color), the rock can contain dark colored minerals. Reuyl is a crater in the Aeolis quadrangle of Mars, located at 9.8 south latitude and 193.2 west longitude. Moreover, the polar caps contain some water ice. 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. Irregular craters -- Craters with irregular shapes or multiple impact craters formed at the same time. Once these two characteristics have been identified, the Igneous Rock Identification chart can be used to help identify the rock name. The impact sprays material ejecta out in all directions. Craters are roughly circular, excavated holes made by impact events. xZms|fl d;NrHIM. This thick mantle of dust creates the appearance of snow covered mountains in the image. Justify your answer. Quartz has a hardness of 7 and is very difficult to scratch, even with a good quality knife blade. 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? The polar caps shrink during local summer and grow during local winter. How many objects from space impact Earth each year? You will have to calculate an approximate image scale from the height of the peak in the foreground.) The twoprojectile produced a pair of rimmed simple, bowl-shaped craters quite similar to the dual craters from Fig. Large crustal blocks were merging together to create the . Such outbursts can be violent enough that once the eruption is over, the volcano collapses in on its empty vacant magma chamber and forms a caldera, or volcanic crater. The crater has been extensively eroded, but is believed to originally have been as much as 300 kilometers (185 miles) across. Galileo Image (PIA00405), produced by the United States Geological Survey, courtesy of NASA. Typically bowl-shaped craters. What happens when an impactor hits? Craters come in two flavors: those that arent caused by asteroids or comets, impact craters, are formed by powerful volcanic explosions. The greater the mass of the impactor, the greater the size of crater. endobj (Viking image 645A57) 6. 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. And so far, the crater formation process has only lasted a few seconds. The insets in the black boxes show close-ups of some of the structures that lava can form: (left) branched channels, (middle) a snaking channel and (right) rootless vents; the rootless vents are also marked by yellow spots on the main image. Three types of sedimentary rock "texture" are clastic, chemical, and biologic. There are some interesting erosional signs in this observation, which will make for a good comparison with other intracrater fans and fluvial sedimentary landforms. 17 0 obj Small craters often are simple bowl-shaped depressions. Fig. Tycho meteorite crater on the Moon. 11. Kring said the atoms and molecules are arranged, result in different minerals ( 185 ). 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