Impactites from the Hiawatha crater, North-West Greenland

• Main Author: Gustafsson, Jacob
• Format: Bachelor Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för geologiska vetenskaper 2020
• Subjects: Hiawatha; impact crater; Cape York; Baffin Bay; Greenland Ice Sheet; Younger Dryas; meteorite; impactite; organic carbon; conifer; vitrinite reflectance; Ro; cellular texture; chromite; chromium isotope; toasted quartz; ballen quartz; melted carbonate; granular zircon; planar deformation feature; Geology; Geologi; Ballen; Greenland; Baffin; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-187412

The recent discovery of the 31-km-wide Hiawatha impact crater has raised unanswered questions about its age, impactor and highly unusual organic carbon component. Previous research suggests a fractionated iron meteorite impactor, a probable maximum 3–2.4 Ma impact age and a possible Younger Dryas im...