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Descriptions and preliminary interpretations of cores recovered from the Manson Impact Structure (Iowa)A core drilling program initiated by the Iowa Geological Survey Bureau and U.S. Geological Survey in 1991 and 1992 collected 12 cores totalling over 1200 m from the Manson Impact Structure, a probable K-T boundary structure located in north-central Iowa. Cores were recovered from each of the major structural terranes, with 2 cores (M-3 and M-4) from the Terrace Terrane, 4 cores (M-2, M-2A, M-6, and M-9) from the Crater Moat, and 6 cores (M-1, M-5, M-7, M-8, M-10, and M-11) from the Central Peak. These supplemented 2 central peak cores (1-A and 2-A) drilled in 1953. The cores penetrated five major impact lithologies: (1) sedimentary clast breccia; (2) impact ejecta; (3) central peak crystallite rocks; (4) crystalline clast breccia with sandy matrix; and (5) crystallite clast breccia with a melt matrix. Descriptions and preliminary interpretations of these cores are presented.
Document ID
19940007560
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Anderson, R. R.
(Iowa Geological Survey Iowa City, IA, United States)
Witzke, B. J.
(Iowa Geological Survey Iowa City, IA, United States)
Hartung, J. B.
(Iowa Geological Survey Iowa City, IA, United States)
Shoemaker, E. M.
(Geological Survey Flagstaff, AZ., United States)
Roddy, D. J.
(Geological Survey Flagstaff, AZ., United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1993
Publication Information
Publication: Lunar and Planetary Inst., Twenty-fourth Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Part 1: A-F
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
94N12032
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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