Haughton Astrobleme: A Mid-Cenozoic Impact Crater Devon Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Frisch, T., Thorsteinsson, R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1978
• Subjects: Craters; Stratigraphy; Devon Island; Nunavut; Haughton Crater; Arctic; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Thumb; Allen Bay; The Thumb; River Bay; Irene Bay; Thumb Mountain; Bay Fiord; Eleanor River; Arctic Archipelago
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65698

Haughton Astrobleme is a nearly circular impact crater with a diameter of about 16 km and a central uplift in Devon Island. Bedrock exposed in the crater comprised the following mainly carbonate Lower Ordovician to Upper Silurian formations in order upward: Eleanor River, Bay Fiord, Thumb Mountain,...