Apart from the distinct role rarefactions waves play in the formation of the excavation flow field, they are especially relevant geologically. JI,ZbXr}n9=^,eIgtU_=F#-K}_^(qyk1bZe|}elK)&Hc:GVtOd~Y@0IA$2i hvF~/_?g@-)(|#)s5.eK%x]G4;kY|^B8I(JY4+Tl7l1Q)>.ux92BfiYnWy%:./#5*j?hv`SEzY8D7\I&RdEO)I[G*ZGy7HjkvKXE@tiYrG:f3' uoiTK"EF]d[59qqgrP~ "UJ|gmPBO(+aS7Gj{k}xeET]A EIx-X]28dy,}Isx.cepq 7rbr:^v4>iHJgEqA&`DA.FYle1}7#W;G-+h Smaller valleys join the main east-west chasm. These are fragments or pieces of rock or minerals. Craters of the Moon is a large lava flow field with cinder cones, spatter cones, lava tubes, volcanic bombs and tree molds. What geologic process do you think formed Reuyl (labeled B)? Larger impacts also still occur, but these are much more rare. Whereas volcanic craters arise from deep inside the planet, impact craters originate in outer space. Gosses Bluff (Tnorala) Pingualuit Crater. Dunite is composed almost entirely of the mineral olivine which usually contains both iron and magnesium. That means it is more likely it will cool into hexagonal chunks. There is no other reasonable explanation for the occurrence of such a peculiar structure at the bottom of the glacial Lake Chiemsee. Aphanitic texture is a fine grained texture but the crystals are too small to see. It measures 85.9 kilometers in diameter and was named after Dirk Reuyl , a Dutch-American physicist and astronomer (1906-1972) who made astronomical measurements of the diameter of Mars in the 1940s. 6. What are the different kinds of craters? Explain your answer. Reuyl, Dirk. Marble is composed of calcite and will readily react to a small drop of HCl. On Mars, meteor storms 100 million years ago may have literally shaken the Red Planet to the core and destroyed its magnetic field. Mafic rocks may contain light colored minerals as well. Computing these vectors (direction and magnitude) for each point in the subsurface, a field of excavation flow with arcuate trajectories as shown in the sketch above (Fig. Correspondingly, a zone of rock melt follows the vaporized zone, and when shock energy is further lowered rocks will only be heavily damaged (fractured, brecciated) with decreasing intensity. 9). Details from the Ascraeus channel (red), meandering across the surface of Mars. and J.A. Sedimentary rock identification is primarily based on composition. January 2014; Like snow accumulation on Earth, Martian dust can become so thick that it eventually slides down the . Consider the relationship between Ma'adim Vallis and Gusev, the 160 km diameter . The circular shape is due to material flying out in all directions as a result of the explosion upon impact, not a result of the impactor having a circular shape (almost no impactors are spherical). Foliated textures show four types of foliation. This planar character can be flat like a piece of slate or folded. This means that the minerals in the rock are all aligned with each other. This "period of heavy bombardment" ended by about 3.9 billion years ago. In the upper part, the flow field enables the rock masses to escape as ejecta from the growing excavation cavity. The crater is 2 kilometers (about 1 mile) wide. Procedures and Questions: Part 4 The Hesperia region in the southern hemisphere consists of cratered plains which have been modified by aeolian processes. Source: Google Earth. Platy minerals tend to dominate. Foliated textures show a distinct planar character. Although craters look like imprints of a giant fist smashing the ground inward, impact shock waves have the opposite effect, which planetary scientists divide into three phases. Craters most often are circular. There are some interesting erosional signs in this observation, which will make for a good comparison with other intracrater fans and fluvial sedimentary landforms. 1). It was named after British astronomer Axel Firsoff, and the name was approved in 2010.. Parts of the crater display many layers, as do some of the other craters in the region. Fortunately determination of the exact chemical composition is not necessary. Limestone containing fossils is referred to as fossiliferous limestone. This icy bedrock is potentially unstable, and some impact craters may relax or fade away to unrecognition due to water ice's volatility and weak but strongly temperature dependent rheology. The number of very large craters in the southern highlands implies a substantial age for the surface. by lava flows that obscured the older craters. Fig. Apollinaris Patera and surrounding region centered at 10S, 190W. -yM. A compressive shock pulse is not only reflected at the free target surface but also always when it impinges on a boundary of material with reduced impedance (equivalent to the product of density and sound velocity) where part of the energy is reflected as a rarefaction pulse. 21. Image courtesy of D. Roddy through the Lunar and Planetary Institute. This means that our own planet is one of the youngest in the Solar System. 2) we may think it somehow formed from an identical mechanism. The structure of the transient crater is widely preserved, and we are left with a simple or bowl-shaped impact crater (Fig. The ejecta of the larger crater is different from that of the smaller crater. Even the crater-covered moon might be a chip off old Earths block, an enormous shard shot into orbit following a giant impact event. stream Some water probably seeped into the ground and is frozen there today as ice, and some likely escaped into space over time. Typically, these rocks split along parallel, planar surfaces. On propagating roughly hemispherically into the underground target rocks, shock wave energy diminishes and so does pressure and temperature. endobj (Hint: the region slopes to the north.) Individual craters are degraded or destroyed over time by erosional processes and further cratering. The structure of large craters is more complex because they collapse, forming terraces, central peaks, central pits, or multiple rings. Hesperia Planum, showing bright windstreaks associated with some of the craters. In an introductory level lab it is impossible for us to determine these two aspects of a mineral. 17 0 obj 6) Consider the relationship between Ma'adim Vallis and Gusev, the 160 km diameter crater marked C. This article about an extraterrestrial geological feature is a stub. A complex crater in the northern region of Mars. 11. Cross sections of simple and complex impact craters. Erosion is the dominant geologic process acting on Mars today. Scientists also think that faster cooling, like when lava is exposed to water, may also help with the formation of these columns. The Vredefort impact crater, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) from Johannesburg, South Africa, was formed just a little over 2 billion years ago. The size and shape of the crater and the amount of material excavated depends on factors such as the velocity and mass of the impacting body and the geology of the surface. b. endobj It is located along the north border of the Snake River Plain in Idaho. The cratering process will help reveal what type of material makes up the nucleus (or at least the outer layer), and therefore how the comet formed and evolved. These crater chains are formed when a comet, normally torn apart by tides, has many of its fragments collide into the planet or moon at nearly the same time. However, there are exceptions. You will have to calculate an approximate image scale from the height of the peak in the foreground.) Moon craters are formed by volcanism and cratering. Impact shock waves are characterized by an instantaneous onset of extreme pressures (up to the order of megabars) and extreme temperatures (up to 10,000 degrees or more) on release of the pressure. The texture of an igneous rock does not refer to the roughness or smoothness of the surface. 9 0 obj Planetary_Geology was published by lavit shetty on 2021-11-18. The term transient crater means the cratering process continues after the excavation flow comes to rest. How can craters be used to determine the age of a planet or moon? On a world with an atmosphere, the object is heated by friction with the blanket of air. Hence in an impact process much more damage is in general done by the rarefaction waves and not by the compressive shock waves, and many peculiar structural features that are observed in impact structures and that may appear puzzling to geologists are the result of strong tensile forces acting on all scales (for more information see the term spallation in the SEARCH function of our website). Scientists rely on geophysical images for information about its size and shape. Impact craters are relatively shallow, so these "dents" in Earth's rocky . b.The process that I think formed apollinaris patera is Volcanism, this is because of its characteristics, such as the radial flow patterns, and basal scarp, a craters, large flow trending to the south, and the less complex caldera.. c.The process that I think formed Reuyl crater, is an Impact, the reason for this is by the ejecta pattern and central peak. 4 0 obj What happens to the transient crater? Hb```,6 u!b`0pT 9, ",8FRc g3g86y~D#*}So ". "It is difficult to say exactly . These chunks begin to form at the top layer of the lava, which is cooling the fastest. Like the other planets, Earth formed . * Definitions simplified or modified from Bates, R.L. (b) Contour map derived from the MOLA 463m/pixel DTM, with the . (Viking image 645A57) 6. Before focusing on this important question, we have first to clarify the meaning of the term meteorite impact crater or impact structure. A crater is a bowl-shaped depression, or hollowed-out area, produced by the impact of a meteorite, volcanic activity, or an explosion. It is the oldest and largest impact crater recognized on Earth's surface. At the edges of lunar maria, there are often damaged walls of craters formed before the maria. Determine and record the diameter of the caldera structure (include the over all caldera structure in this measurement). This flow field grows with time, and the rock mass flow is directed upwards, sideward and downwards. Meteor Crater formed only 50,000 years ago. And so far, the crater formation process has only lasted a few seconds. Non-foliated textures have minerals that are not aligned. They leave very characteristic features. Light colors, including white, light gray, tan and pink, indicate a felsic composition. And again, one might suspect a process similar to rock tossed into mud. These are not visible to the unaided eye. Earth has weather, water, and plants. This, however, requires chemical equipment and apparatus that is unavailable in this lab. In this way, all rock particles behind the expanding shock front are captured by both the compressive shock and the tensile rarefaction, and both combine into a vector of acceleration. Albite and anorthite are two examples. Quite a few interesting questions may remain open. Heavy elements began sinking past the oceans and magma toward the center of the planet. For very large impact craters, the excavation and modification stages are not as discrete as previously written. The prevailing theory supported by the scientific community, the giant impact hypothesis suggests that the moon formed when an object smashed into early Earth. Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like Where do you find the thickest ejecta?, How do you think the crater rim formed?, Where would you find most of the younger material? Typically the large crystals (phenocrysts) are visible while the smaller crystal are not (referred to as groundmass). Sinuous Ridge Materials in Reuyl Crater. More about these experiments can be read on the Chiemgau impact website where a hypervelocity impact video may be downloaded. Large crustal blocks were merging together to create the . * Your assessment is very important for improving the workof artificial intelligence, which forms the content of this project Generally speaking, large impact craters appear to be morphologically flat structures although the impact signature rock deformations, shock metamorphism may extend to considerable depths. For the following, you will use the knowledge from previous questions to identify Martian landforms and describe the geologic processes that created them. The curious central mound within the craters can be explained by Hertzian and spallation fracturing on collision with the hard hailstones. However, impacts still occur across our solar system, but at a reduced rate. 19. 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Gypsum is relatively soft (Hardness =2) and can be scratched easily with a fingernail. xZms|fl d;NrHIM. The impact velocity was 1250 m/s, and the target (flour) sound /seismic velocity is estimated to have been about 100 m/s. Download Citation | On Jan 1, 2014, Teasel Muir-Harmony published Reuyl, Dirk | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate. These are not commonly tested for in an introductory lab. Igneous Rock Identification ChartCOMPOSITION \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ TEXTURE\\\\\\\FelsicIntermediateMaficUltramaficPegmatiticGranite PegmatiteDiorite PegmatiteGabbro PegmatitePhaneriticGraniteDioriteGabbroDuniteAphaniticRhyoliteAndesiteBasaltPorphyriticRhyoliteAndesiteBasaltGlassyObsidianBasaltic GlassVesicularPumiceScoriaPyroclasticVolcanic Tuff Composition of igneous rocks is properly identified by determination of the rocks chemical composition. It was declared a national monument by President Calvin Coolidge in 1924. and more. Explain their similarities and their differences. Phaneritic texture is composed of crystals that are large enough to see but smaller than pegmatitic texture, and the entire rock is composed of crystals. Once these two characteristics have been identified, the Igneous Rock Identification chart can be used to help identify the rock name. The Crater Maker should stand over their sand-filled container and hold their arm out at the height they are going to drop it. Beware that even though an igneous rock may have a felsic composition (light color), the rock can contain dark colored minerals. 13) hits the earth? The first reason is that Earth's surface is continuously changing because we live on a geologically active planet. The greater the mass of the impactor, the greater the size of crater. Continue doing this with harder or softer minerals from the kit until the hardness is determined.LusterCharacter of the light reflected by a mineral.Look at the sample to determine if the mineral is metallic in appearance (looks like a chunk of metal) or non-metallic (doesn't look like a chunk of metal).MagnetismElectromagnetic force generated by an object or electrical field.Use a magnet to determine if the magnet is attracted to the sample.Reaction to HClChemical interaction of hydrochloric acid and calcium carbonate (CaCO3).Place one small drop of HCl on a sample a watch for a reaction - effervesces (bubbles).Specific GravityRatio of the mass of a mineral to the mass of an equal volume of water.Generally not determined in an introductory lab. Justify your answer. {u/ 8`&_@ug,jbAM$[$oPocqM9K'5u"gY2;!1Nb$NfMc,cl9{=ZY6m#v]b1$m|"^K)Ks7q~B-=Cdl/)q&eHdiT) %Iwd`y\*/[Cr|R>/cRN]UyYIcF8`wiaV>bzw]'b+DZbV;zdge4e=00%9)q@B|~1QV, V=~ERZRm -Y 19. Describe the breakage as either irregular or conchoidal (has the appearance of broken glass)HardnessResistance to scratching or abrasion.Use minerals of known hardness from the Mohs Hardness Kits. Gneissic banding is the easiest of the foliations to recognize. It is colder inside some craters near the lunar poles than it is on the surface of Pluto (25K, or -415F). Fig. When we think about cratering, we usually think of big rocks falling onto a planet, but even tiny pebbles can make craters. Consider the relationship between Ma'adim Vallis and Gusev, the 160 km . In impact research, the subdivision of the crater-forming process into three main stages has generally been accepted. The same geologic processes that shape Earth, i.e., erosion, impact cratering, tectonism, and volcanism, have left their mark on Mars. crater: [noun] the bowl-shaped depression around the orifice of a volcano. Spreading outwards from the point of contact, compressive shock waves are permanently reflected from the free target surface as tensile rarefaction waves of comparable intensities and, like the shock waves, are propagated downwards. Chemical sedimentary rocks are identified by identifying the mineral from which they are composed. Near the footprint in the above picture, you can see many small "pock-marks." These marks are the craters made by microscopic particles that hit the surface moving at speeds of several kilometers per second. Mass movement is the displacement of material by landslides or slumping through the action of gravity. largest craters on Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto formed in an icy crust (Io's crust is dominated by silicates, see Chap ter 14). Meteors incorrectly called shooting stars are the streaks of light created as particles of dust and ice vaporize in our atmosphere. 8 0 obj Image courtesy of V. L. Sharpton through the Lunar and Planetary Institute. And although these are abundant on the . <> 23. What are some of Earth's famous impact craters? Earth and the other planets are constantly bombarded by tiny debris from space, much of which burns up in the atmosphere. Kathleen Mark: Meteorite Craters. Martian shield volcano, Olympus Mons. Justify your answer. 5. The modification stage of impact cratering. Venus has fewer craters; its surface has been covered recently (in the last 500 million years!) The somewhat blurred contours are not surprising giventhe impact happened into water and a soft, water-saturated target rock. )y&bS_jW+|z6ADS FZM+q&+rVim#yHNO 8tU#T.f-[`of=XzuEvr+Ll[fXt 7; UGs@wc Image source: NASA. The darker material is quartz sand, combined with a small amount of cornmeal to produce a minor amount of cohesion between sand grains. Which is larger, and by how much? 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Dunite has an ultramafic composition yet is apple green to yellowish green in color. 17. Justify your answer. Although Mars does not have plate tectonics like the Earth, there are many tectonic features that show its surface has been deformed. 7. 13. The dark brown to black color is the most obvious characteristic. <> Based on the number and morphology of craters, is this a relatively old or young region of Mars? Fig. This depends on how large the crater is. The Moon does not. These temperatures are enough to more or less completely vaporize the impactor and a volume of the target rocks roughly comparable to the volume of the impactor, resulting in a giant expanding impact vapor plume. 7) will result. T U ; = B } ~ x z h_X B* CJ ph h_X B* ph Consider the relationship between Ma'adim Vallis and Gusev, the 160 km diameter crater marked D. Explain what could be the origin of the material that comprises the floor of Gusev? Fortunately, these two aspects determine a mineral's physical properties. Dual crater at the bottom of Lake Chiemsee, Bavaria (Germany) that very probably formed in the large Holocene Chiemgau impact event. Sand is clasts between 1/16 and 2 mm in size, and gravel is greater than 2 mm. 10. Media Policy Texture is divided into two groups. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. This crater is believed to have formed when an asteroid struck Earth 65 million years ago. How big, e.g. Unlike the rock-into-mud cratering, the excavation in impact cratering is inextricably linked with the propagation of shock waves. Justify your answer? Image credit: NASA. The rock is composed entirely of glass. Wind-produced features, called bright windstreaks, are associated with many craters. PAGE 3 PAGE 1 ! When an asteroidal or cometary object strikes a planetary surface, it is traveling typically at several tens of kilometres per secondmany times the speed of sound.A collision at such extreme speeds is called a hypervelocity impact. 22. These are impact craters, each of which was formed when an asteroid or comet collided with the Moon's surface. Quartz has a hardness of 7 and is very difficult to scratch, even with a good quality knife blade. endobj For the roughly 200 established terrestrial impact structures neither a comet nor a rubble pile asteroid could definitely be shown to have been the impactor. <>>> Fig. Procedures and Lab Questions to be Turned In: Part 1 Olympus Mons is a shield volcano 600 km in diameter, towering 25 km above the surrounding plain. 3. Not commonly seen in most introductory lab samples.FractureBreakage of a mineral, not along planes of weakness in the crystral structure.Examine the mineral for areas where the mineral is broken. Aeolian (wind) activity is also a continuing process of erosion. 2. Large impact basins are also found on other planets, including Mars and Mercury. However, this is not a sensible practice in a large lab with many different people handling the samples. These definitions and methods are simplified. What process do you think formed Reuyl crater (marked B on Figure 11.5)? Larger craters can have terraces, central peaks, and multiple rings. Which of the four geologic processes might be responsible for the formation of Ius Chasma? 7. Tychos diameter is 85 km. The impact-cratering process. Computations suggest craters that were formed by a low-density projectile are flatter and have distinctly larger diameter ratios (compared to the above-mentioned one-to-ten ratio of projectile and crater diameter). Ma'adim Vallis is the channel in the southeast part of the photograph, marked C. Which of the four processes do you think formed Ma'adim Vallis? 16 0 obj Mars, like the Earth, has seasons. <> (not recommended in an introductory lab - you don't know who has handled or licked the sample before you).Other PropertiesFluorescence, RadioactivityRequires special equipment such as a UV lamp and geiger counter. When a meteor makes it through Earths atmosphere without burning up, it strikes the ground faster than the speed of sound. Four minerals that need to be identified are quartz, halite, gypsum and calcite. On Earth, impact craters are harder to recognize because of weathering and erosion of its surface. Procedures and Questions: Part 3 Now we examine some Valleys west of Chryse Planitia. But until NASA returns to the lunar landscape, researchers must rely on shockwave simulators, mathematical models and the well-worn geological formations on Earth to estimate how and when another impact event might occur. Image: Google Earth. Determination of this information is not easily accomplished in this lab. 11 0 obj 18. Vesicular texture is formed when lava solidifies before gases are able to escape. 16. The polar caps shrink during local summer and grow during local winter. HYPERLINK "../Honors227/Images/10_3.jpg"Figure 3. If an impactor is large enough, some of the material pushed toward the edges of the crater will slump back toward the center and the rock beneath the crater will rebound, or push back up, creating a central peak in the crater. The shock wave fractures the rock and excavates a large cavity (much larger than the impactor). Statistically, impact trajectories most abundantly form an oblique 45 angle with the target surface. An extensive blanket of ejecta covers the area around the rim. . 17. Fig. <> Wow, that's massive. Determination of the actual chemical composition and crytalline structure of a mineral is difficult without the proper equipment. There will be another Chicxulub-size impact event, he said. How scientists solved the riddle of these mysterious landforms. 4. This of course is primarily a matter of energy related with the projectiles mass (and therefore density) and impact velocity, and, subordinately, also a matter of the target lithology. Hailstones and even raindrops may produce on harder ground small craters as well (Fig. Arid climate and a lack of vegetation in the vicinity of Meteor Crater make it an excellent comparison site for similar-sized impact craters on Mars, Ramsey said. d. Maadim Vallis is the channel in the southeast part of the photograph, marked C. Which of the four processes do you think formed Maadim Vallis? 16. Topography from echo sounder measurements. 15 0 obj Partner, Earth and Space Science News for Educators. Material Type: Lab; Class: Sci Thought/Processes I; Subject: Honors Program; University: George Mason University; Term: Unknown 1989; The inner walls of the crater have collapsed to form a series of step-like terraces, and a central peak is visible in the center of the image. e. : Impact cratering. Code of Conduct Study area : Reuyl crater (9.6S, 166.9E) diam e-ter and depth is ~84 km and ~2.6 km respectively (Fig.1 a). Here is a look at the violent, battered past of the . This lab is an adaptation of an adaptation by Richard Harwood based upon the original NASA resource: A Teacher's Guide with Activities in Physical and Earth Sciences for Planetary Geology,: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1998, EG-1998-03-109, p. 238. Image credit: NASA. ( ) + 2 3 i r M N g h p q r s t Earth continues to be a target and contrary to popular opinion, the Moon does not act as a meteoroid deflector (it is too small and too distant!). What is the diameter of the large crater towards the bottom of the image? Fig. The crater is about 1.2 kilometers (a little more than 0.5 miles) across and 200 meters (650 feet) deep. As a result, there are only around 160 known impact craters in existence today (though there are surely more that haven't been discovered). M8 aR <>/XObject<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 612 792] /Contents 17 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 1>> <> i~4?7Z"UJmiCwbes%7Vo}bf_iK4Ev, u4J_8(Vjj#W]^`:*I23SPPEX `p-1sU?"_F4I=?^i(.i]V These processes expose old, long-buried materials, making them accessible to probes and . Further identification of non-foliated rocks is dependent on the composition of the minerals or components in the rock. <> Justify your answer. (Viking MDIM Volume 4) 13. Quartzite is composed of quartz sand grains. As lower levels of the lava start to cool, they are also pulled . 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