Intra-crater sedimentary deposits at the Haughton impact structure, Devon Island, Canadian High Arctic

• Main Authors: Osinski, Gordon R., Lee, Pascal
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Meteoritics & Planetary Science Archives 2005
• Subjects: Impact cratering;Sedimentation;Impact breccia;Impact crater;Haughton; Allen Bay; Arctic; Crater Lake; Devon Island; Target Rock
• Online Access: https://journals.uair.arizona.edu/index.php/maps/article/view/15215

Detailed field mapping has revealed the presence of a series of intra-crater sedimentary deposits within the interior of the Haughton impact structure, Devon Island, Canadian High Arctic. Coarse-grained, well-sorted, pale gray lithic sandstones (reworked impact melt breccias) unconformably overlie p...