Earth Sciences: Geology: Geomorphology: Impact Craters

Crater names, location, size, and age. Background information, images, FAQ.

Text describing formation of impact craters. Images, glossary.

Background info on the Chicxulub impact crater at the K/T (Cretaceous/Tertiary) boundary with photos of the 2001 NASA/Planetary Society expedition to Belize and Mexico to study and gather ejecta samples.

World map of impact sites, details on the Chicxulub site, and details on environmental effects of impacts.

Investigates the possibility they have been caused by comet fragments.

Official site for the visitors center at the Barringer meteor crater. Short history, animations, visitor information.

Images and short explanations of geologic features near the rim of the Barringer meteor crater.

Travelogue of a geology class field trip to the Barringer meteor crater. Images, crater description, topographic map.

Map of crater locations in Canada, crater images, explanation and images of rock altered by impact.

Background, list of craters.

Overview of crater formation.

The answer given in an article from Scientific American.

Computer rendering of Chicxulub crater, from gravity and magnetic field data.

Image taken from space shuttle Columbia in 1983.

Aerial photograph.

A program that relates crater size to projectile size.