Summary and Conclusions

  • C. Wylie Poag
  • Christian Koeberl
  • Wolf Uwe Reimold
Part of the Impact Studies book series (IMPACTSTUD)

Abstract

We have presented a comprehensive geological and geophysical synthesis of the Chesapeake Bay crater, the largest known bolide impact structure in the United States. The structure, morphology, stratigraphy, and age of the crater and the nature and depositional history of the crater-fill rocks are documented by >2,000 km of seismic reflection profiles and >2,000 m of continuously cored and logged borehole sections (Chapter 1).

Keywords

Debris Flow Benthic Foraminifera Late Eocene Seismic Reflection Profile Calcareous Nannofossil 
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© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2004

Authors and Affiliations

  • C. Wylie Poag
    • 1
  • Christian Koeberl
    • 2
  • Wolf Uwe Reimold
    • 3
  1. 1.U.S. Geological SurveyWoods HoleUSA
  2. 2.Department of Geological SciencesUniversity of ViennaViennaAustria
  3. 3.School of GeosciencesUniversity of the WitwatersrandJohannesburgSouth Africa

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