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Top: Science: Earth Sciences: Geology: Geomorphology: Impact Craters  (24)
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bulletScience: Astronomy: Solar System: Asteroids, Comets and Meteors: Near Earth Objects  (30)
bulletSociety: Future: Catastrophes: Large Near Earth Object Impacts  (18)

bulletCrater - A program that relates crater size to projectile size.
bulletEarth Impact Craters - Background, list of craters.
bulletEarth Impact Database - Crater names, location, size, and age. Background information, images, FAQ.
bulletGeology 376 - 2001 Field Trip - Travelogue of a geology class field trip to the Barringer meteor crater. Images, crater description, topographic map.
bulletICE 2002 - Iturralde Crater Expedition - Multimedia journal of a NASA organized expedition to a probable impact crater in the Bolivian Amazon. Background information, daily journal entries, educational materials, science data.
bulletImpact craters in Finland - List of craters in Finland, separate list of craters on Earth.
bulletImpact Craters of the Earth - Overview of crater formation.
bulletImpact Craters on Earth - Map of crater locations in Canada, crater images, explanation and images of rock altered by impact.
bulletLonar Crater - A 2km diameter impact crater in India. Background information, tourism, scientific literature, student guide.
bulletMeteor Crater - Images and short explanations of geologic features near the rim of the Barringer meteor crater.
bulletMeteor Crater - Official site for the visitors center at the Barringer meteor crater. Short history, animations, visitor information.
bulletReuben Johnson's K/T Expedition -- 2001 - 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.
bulletA 'Smoking Gun' for Dinosaur Extinction - NASA JPL article on the Chicxulub crater. An image from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission shows an elevation feature of the crater. The article gives background information and interpretation of the image.
bulletTerrestrial Impact Cratering and Its Environmental Effects - World map of impact sites, details on the Chicxulub site, and details on environmental effects of impacts.
bulletTerrestrial Impact Craters - Text describing formation of impact craters. Images, glossary.
bulletTerrestrial Impact Craters - Background information, images, list of craters, references.
bulletTerrestrial Impact Investigations - Images and descriptions of craters in Africa, research activities of the terrestrial impact cratering research group of the University of the Witwatersrand.
bulletThree Craters in Israel - Investigates the possibility they have been caused by comet fragments.
bulletTraces of Catastrophe - Online book. Detailed introduction and overview of impact processes, crater formation, and shock metamorphism.
bulletWhat are Impact Craters? - Explanation of crater formation and associated effects in surrounding area.
bulletWhy are impact craters always round? - The answer given in an article from Scientific American.

bulletAstronomy Picture of the Day - Manicouagan Impact Crater on Earth - Image taken from space shuttle Columbia in 1983. (December 13, 2000)
bulletAstronomy Picture of the Day - Impact: 65 Million Years Ago - Computer rendering of Chicxulub crater, from gravity and magnetic field data. (February 26, 2000)
bulletAstronomy Picture of the Day - Barringer Crater on Earth - Aerial photograph. (July 11, 1999)

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