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  Impact crater - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An impact crater (impact basin, astrobleme or sometimes crater) is a circular or oval depression on a surface, usually referring to a planet, moon, asteroid, or other celestial body, caused by a collision of a smaller body (meteor) with the surface.
Few underwater craters have been discovered because of the difficulty of surveying the sea floor; the rapid rate of change of the ocean bottom; and the subduction of the ocean floor into the Earth's interior by processes of plate tectonics.
The distinctive mark of an impact crater is the presence of rock that has undergone shock-metamorphic effects, such as shatter cones, melted rocks, and crystal deformations.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Impact_crater   (1996 words)

  
 ScienceDaily: Impact crater   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
An impact crater (impact basin or sometimes crater) is a circular depression on a surface, usually referring to a planet, moon, asteroid, or other celestial body, caused by a collision of a smaller body (meteor) with the surface.
The crater is a link in a chain of events thought responsible for forming a distinctive...
Impact crater -- An impact crater is a circular depression on a surface, usually referring to a planet, moon, asteroid, or other celestial body, caused by a collision of a smaller body (meteor) with the...
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/Impact_crater   (3180 words)

  
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Pythagoras is a prominent lunar impact crater located near the northwestern lunar limb.
In the center of craters on Earth a crater lake often accumulates, and a central island or peak (caused by rebounding crustal rock after the impact) is usually a prominent feature in the lake.
Arizona In either case, the size of the crater depends on the size of the impactor and the material in the impact regions.
pythagoras.crater.en.wikivx.com   (2590 words)

  
 DID A BOLIDE IMPACT CAUSE CATASTROPHIC TSUNAMIS IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND?
The first is that the crater lies on a great circle path from Australia oriented at about a 45-degree angle to the general trend of the eastern Australia coast.
The third is the distribution of tektites, which are found on the opposite side of the crater from the direction of impactor arrival[3].
All tektite-bearing samples are located SE of the crater, in the opposite direction from SE Australia, where the impact fireball was seen by the aborigines[2].
gsa.confex.com /gsa/2003AM/finalprogram/abstract_65239.htm   (507 words)

  
 Google Earth Hacks - File Downloads - Craters
This a recently found large crater in Antarctica, that was created by a 50 kilometres wide space rock 250 million years ago, and contributed to, or caused the Permian-Triassic extinction, the greatest mass extinction on Earth.
The crater is oval in shape because of the east-west geological compression that the area...
Mahuika crater is a submarine bolide impact crater, 20±2 kilometres wide and over 153 meters deep, on the New Zealand continental shelf, named for the Maori god of fire.
www.googleearthhacks.com /dlcat34/Craters.htm   (1287 words)

  
 The volcanic field   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The summit peak of the scoria cone overhangs a small oval crater and appears to be the remains of a larger structure that was destroyed in later eruptions.
Two large breached craters in the north and west were the sources of energetic lava flows and resulted in the spectacular amphitheatres of One Tree Hill.
Mahuika complained to Mataoho, the god of earthquakes and eruptions, who sent an eruption to destroy the Tupua's mountain home.
www.arc.govt.nz /arc/index.cfm?7EBBD1A4-BCD4-1A24-9A7A-404112944796   (2388 words)

  
 Selenography jerak.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The major Lunar mare, Impact crater s, and mountain ranges of the Moon are the features that are studied and mapped in selenography.
One of the most famous cases concerns the lunar crater List of craters on the Moon, L-N in the are of Mare Serenitatis.
In 1834, the German astronomer Wilhelm Gotthelf Lohrmann stated that the crater can be seen under all angles of illumination, and is the second most conspicuous crater on the Moon.
www.jerak.org /en/Selenography   (1370 words)

  
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The close" connexion of Hephaestus with Lemnos and especially with its mountain Mosychlus has been explained by the supposed existence of a volcano; but no crater or other sign of volcanic agency is now apparent, and the " Lemnian fire "—a phenomenon attributed to Hephaestus—may have been due to natural gas (see Lemnos).
The relation between Hephaestus and Prometheus is in some respects close, though the distinction between these gods is clearly marked.
Hephaestus is a culture-god mainly in his secondary aspect as the craftsman, whereas Prometheus originates all civilization with the gift of fire.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?locale=en&content_id=32287   (1218 words)

  
 1421 - Evidence - The Destruction of Zhou Man and Hong Bao’s fleets in the Southern Ocean by a Tsunami triggered by a ...
Mahuika crater is 20 ± 2 kilometres wide and at least 153 metres deep.
The first is that the crater lies on a great circle path from Australia oriented at about a 45-degree angle to the general trend of the eastern Australian coast.
There is the distribution of tektites which are found on the opposite side of the crater from the direction of impact or arrival.
www.1421.tv /pages/evidence/content.asp?EvidenceID=402   (3045 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Crater   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Daniel Barringer was one of the first to identify a geological structure as an impact crater, but at the time his ideas were not widely accepted, and when they were, there was no recognition of the fact that Earth impacts are common in geological terms.
They can destroy chondritic or carbonaceous chondritic bodies before they ever reach ground, but iron-metallic asteroids have more structural integrity and can strike the surface of the Earth in a violent explosion.
Images, some of which are used under the doctrine of Fair use or used with permission, may not be available.
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 Fire Stories - Story-Lovers SOS Story Lists
Mahuika, the mother of fire, lived in the underworld, each of her fingers being children of fire.
Maui hied him to Mahuika and craved the gift of fire for man. Mahuika, who figures as the personified form of fire, gave him one of the Fire Children (that is, one of her fingers), which she pulled off for that purpose.
Mahuika, the goddess, rose up before him, fire burning from every pore of her body, her hair a mass of flames, her arms outstretched, and with only fl holes where her eyes once were.
www.story-lovers.com /listsfirestories.html   (10846 words)

  
 EESJ - Project - Mohi Kumar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
A re-evaluation of tektites associated with the proposed Mahuika impact.
The main evidence supporting this theory was the presence of tektites found in seven out of seventeen dredge hauls around the proposed crater.
The lack of a tektite field necessitates further research to be conducted to establish the proposed Mahuika impact as an actual event.
www.ldeo.columbia.edu /edu/eesj/projects/kumar.htm   (151 words)

  
 THE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION AND CHEMICAL DIFFERENCES OF TEKTITES FROM A CRATER IN THE TASMAN SEA
Geophysical evidence suggests that there is a structure, named the Mahuika crater with a 20 km diameter that lies on the southern edge of the New Zealand continental shelf.
The tektite field does not extend radially outward from the crater; instead, it appears to extend roughly thirty degrees to either side of a line drawn southwest from the center.
This size range fits with the scaling predicted for a crater the size of the Mahuika structure.
gsa.confex.com /gsa/2003AM/finalprogram/abstract_66116.htm   (533 words)

  
 USNews.com: A blast from heaven?
A field of tektites--globules of rock that melted and cooled in midair--spreads to the southeast of the crater just as it should from a impacter striking at a low angle from the northwest, the direction Bryant infers from the Australian tales.
The crater, which Abbott calls Mahuika after a Maori fire deity, lies in a spot that would send waves against Australia at just the angle Bryant had already calculated.
Goff agrees, but with neither a firm date for the crater nor sure evidence that cataclysmic waves hit New Zealand at the same time as it was formed, "the jury is still out," he says.
www.usnews.com /usnews/culture/articles/031208/8meteor_2.htm   (482 words)

  
 Maungawhau Mt Eden management plan
There is no lake in the crater of Mount Eden, even after the heaviest rains, nor are there any surface streams in the vicinity.
This crater is known as Te Ipu-a-mataoho (the bowl of Mataoho), or Te Kapua-kai-o-mataoho (the food bowl of Mataoho).
Its stones were thrown down into the crater, but were recovered and re-erected in 1933, as a monument to the pioneer surveyors.
www.aucklandcity.govt.nz /council/documents/managementplans/mteden/sectionC.asp   (5583 words)

  
 A BLAST FROM HEAVEN? (MAJOR IMPACT DISASTER 500 YEARS AGO?)
If further research confirms that the circular depression is a recent crater, it would lend dramatic ammunition to Bryant's controversial scenario: Five hundred years ago or so, as Europe was beginning its colonial explorations, a comet or perhaps an asteroid plunged to Earth seaward of Australia's New South Wales coast.
In addition, the crater is on the edge of the continental shelf, and it may have caused a large underwater landslide which would also increase the strength of the tsunami.
With respect to the tree ring data, it may be that a deep ocean impact does not inject enough dust into the upper atmosphere to cause the climate changes that would show up in the tree ring data.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1034947/posts   (2329 words)

  
 Mahuika crater   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Mahuika crater is a disputed submarine bolide impact crater, 20±2 kilometers wide and over 153 meters deep, on the New Zealand continental shelf at 48°18′S 166°24′E, named for the Māori god of fire.
Gavin Menzies, author of the book 1421: the Year China Discovered the New World, suggests that the bolide was a fragment of Comet Napier and Clube and that it struck during October 1422, the exact time necessary to wipe out the portion of his hypothetical Chinese exploratory fleet commanded by Zhou Man.
Abstract of Geological Society of America talk by Dallas H. Abbott on Mahuika crater
www.losgatoscaus.com /topic/Mahuika_crater   (384 words)

  
 Earth 2 Class
Mahuika crater is 20±2 km wide and >153
in all of the dredges near the crater.
tektites, which are found on the opposite side of the crater from the
www.earth2class.org /k12/w8_s2004/content.htm   (358 words)

  
 Meteorite theory makes waves - www.theage.com.au
The crater - which she named Mahuika for the Maori god of fire - was 20 kilometres wide and 153 metres deep.
"Several pieces of evidence point to Mahuika as the source crater for the 1500 AD event," she told the society.
Bryant says Abbott has since found two more craters near New Zealand, and is trying to pin down their year of origin through carbon dating.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/12/18/1071337090259.html   (785 words)

  
 HEPHAESTUS - Online Information article about HEPHAESTUS
crater or other sign of volcanic agency is now apparent, and the " Lemnian fire "—a phenomenon attributed to Hephaestus—may have been due to natural See also:
Sicily, however, the volcanic nature of the god is prominent in his cult at See also:
Prometheus resembles the Polynesian Maui, who went down to fetch fire from the volcano of Mahuika, the fire-god.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /HEG_HIG/HEPHAESTUS.html   (1807 words)

  
 pp31c in fm05
microfossils from the 24 km Mahuika bolide impact crater on the southern New Zealand shelf.
The Australian megatsunami deposits date to 1450±50 A.D. We analyzed the melt water from 8 ice-core samples from the West Antarctic Siple Dome ice core that date from 1440-1448 A.D. The 1443 A.D. level contained a peak in K of 53 ppb as compared to a background of ~6-7 ppb.
The presence of minerals characteristic of contact metamorphism is important as we have found abundant skarn facies minerals in the Mahuika ejecta layer within deep sea sediment.
www.agu.org /cgi-bin/SFgate/SFgate?&listenv=table&multiple=1&range=1&directget=1&application=fm05&database=/data/epubs/wais/indexes/fm05/fm05&maxhits=200&="PP31C"   (3352 words)

  
 Maui is a demi god
There are two tremendous gaps or chasms in the side of the crater wall, through which in days gone by the massive bowl poured forth its flowing lava.
His mother said: "Are you strong enough for this work?" He said, 'Yes." Then she gave him fifteen strands of well-twisted fiber and told him to go to his grandmother, who lived in the great crater of Haleakala, for the rest of the things in his conflict with the sun.
One by one the legs of the sun came over the edge of the crater's rim and were caught.
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 Impact Crater Encyclopedia Article @ AstronomyInArt.com (Astronomy in Art)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
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 The Anthropogene
to see an impressive crater that is about 3/4's of a mile wide and 620 feet deep.
incident left a crater, identified by grainy photos from the period that was quickly hidden by the jungle.
Evidence of an undersea crater caused by a meteor impact has been discovered in the South Pacific; 20 kilometers wide and more than 153 feet deep this crater has been named the Mahuika Crater.
webpages.charter.net /anthropogene/arc_vol2_is4.html   (1808 words)

  
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However we have discovered an impact crater that was produced by a 1 km bolide that is less than 1000 years old.
Standard estimates of recurrence rates for craters this size are about 40 million years and 65 million years, respectively.
However, the 132 km crater is about 2.5 million years old and the 150 km crater is about 7 to 11 million years old.
www.ldeo.columbia.edu /~martins/sen_sem/UG_projects_overview.htm   (6791 words)

  
 Legends of Maui
This was serious mischief, and Maui's mother decided that he should go to the under-world and see his ancestress, Mahuika, the guardian of fire, and get new fire to repair the injury he had wrought.
In some way he pleased her so that she pulled off a finger nail in which fire was burning and gave it to him.
Then Mahuika became angry and threw the last finger nail on the ground.
fraktali.849pm.com /text/archive/myth/maui.htm   (21954 words)

  
 List of impact craters on Earth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This is a list of identified impact craters on Earth.
Earth Impact Database List of known earth impacts
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