Using vertical dikes as a new approach to constraining the size of buried craters: An example from Lake Wanapitei, Canada

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 384, Issue , 2005, Pages 43-50

  L'Heureux, E ^a   Ugalde, H ^a   Milkereit, B ^a   Boyce, J ^b   Morris, W ^b   Eyles, N ^a   Artemieva, N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOSPHERE DYNAMICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Dike swarm; Impact structure; Magnetic anomaly; Sudbury; Superior province; Wanapitei

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; IGNEOUS ROCKS; LAKES; LEVEES; MAGNETISM;

DIKE SWARMS; IMPACT STRUCTURES; MAGNETIC ANOMALIES; SUDBURY; SUPERIOR PROVINCE; WANAPITEI;

METEOR IMPACTS;

ARCHEAN; CRATER; DIKE SWARM; GRAVITY; IMPACT; IMPACT STRUCTURE; LAKE; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MAGNETIC FIELD; SHIELD; SHOCK METAMORPHISM;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; SUDBURY; WANAPITEI LAKE;

EID: 33750942392     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2384-1.43     Document Type: Article

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