Serra da Cangalha explained

Serra da Cangalha
Map:Brazil
Location:Parnaíba Basin
Coordinates:-8.0833°N -98°W
Confidence:Confirmed
Diameter:12-
Age:<300 Ma
Exposed:Yes
Drilled:Yes
Country:Brazil
State:Tocantins

Serra da Cangalha is an impact crater in the State of Tocantins, near the border of Maranhão State, in north/northeastern Brazil.[1] The crater is between 12kmand13kmkm (07milesand08mileskm) in diameter, making it the second-largest known crater in Brazil.[2] Its age is estimated to be about 220 million years (Triassic period). The name means Pack-Saddle Mountains in Portuguese.

Description

The outer perimeter is a circular inward scarp about 12km (07miles) in diameter on the largely undisturbed Cretaceous and upper Silurian sediments of the Parnaíba basin,[3] breached on the west, north, and south sides by drainage valleys. Within the perimeter there is a series of concentric circular valleys and a central basin, all at roughly the same elevation, separated by ring walls. Shuttle Radar Topography Mission imagery shows a faint ring about 11km (07miles) in diameter, a second ring of gentle hills about 5kmto6kmkm (03milesto04mileskm) in diameter, and an inner ring of steeper hills, about 3km (02miles) in diameter and up to 420m (1,380feet) high, open to the northwest, surrounding a central basin about 2.2km (01.4miles) in diameter.[4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. Serra da Cangalha . serra-da-cangalha . 2017-10-09.
  2. McHone, J. F. . Dietz, R. S. . 1992 . Earth's multiple impact craters and astroblemes (abstract) . XXIII Lunar and Planetary Science . Lunar and Planetary Institute . Houston . 887–888 . 1992LPI....23..887M.
  3. Crustal structure beneath the Paleozoic Parnaíba Basin revealed by airborne gravity and magnetic data, Brazil on USGS. Tectonophysics . 2014 . 614 . 18 . 10.1016/j.tecto.2013.12.009 . De Castro . David L. . Fuck . Reinhardt A. . Phillips . Jeffrey D. . Vidotti . Roberta M. . Bezerra . Francisco H. R. . Dantas . Elton L. .
  4. Web site: Cratera da Serra da Cangalha . R. Gregio . 2007-09-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070930194032/http://rgregio.astrodatabase.net/cratera_serra_cangalha.htm . 2007-09-30.
  5. The Serra da Cangalha astrobleme as revealed by ASTER and SRTM orbital data . R. Almeida Filho . F.R. Moreira . C.H.Beisl . International Journal of Remote Sensing . 2003 . 24 . 1–6 . 2007-09-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706160612/http://mtc-m12.sid.inpe.br/col/sid.inpe.br/sergio/2005/06.17.18.34/doc/raimundo4.pdf . 2011-07-06.
  6. Magnetotelluric investigation of the Serra da Cangalha impact crater, Northeast Brazil . W. Masero . P.-A. Schnegg . S.L. Fontes.
  7. A magnetotelluric investigation of the Serra da Cangalha impact crater structure, Brazil . Adekunle Adepelumi . Jean M. Flexor . Sergio L. Fontes . Pierre-A. Schnegg.
  8. Dietz, R.S. . French, B.M. . Two probable astroblemes in Brazil . 1973 . Nature . 244 . 561–562 . 10.1038/244561a0 . 5418. 1973Natur.244..561D . 4167202 .
  9. Book: Crósta, A. P. . Impact Structures in Brazil . Research in Terrestrial Impact Structures . J. Pohl . Friedrich, Vieweg & Sohn . Braunschweig/Wiesbad . 30–38 . 1987 . Álvaro Penteado Crósta. 10.1007/978-3-663-01889-6_2 . 1987rtis.conf...30C . 978-3-663-01891-9 .
  10. Beatty J. K. . 1980 . Crater hunting in Brazil . Sky and Telescope . 59 . 464––467. 1980S&T....59..464B .
  11. Book: McHone J. F. . 1986 . Terrestrial impact structures: Their detection and verification with new examples from Brazil . University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois . 210.
  12. Adepelumi, A. A. . Fontes, S.L. . Schnegg, P.A. . Flexor,J.M. . An integrated magnetotelluric and aeromagnetic investigation of the Serra da Cangalha impact crater, Brazil . Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors . 150 . 159–182 . 2005 . 10.1016/j.pepi.2004.08.029 . 1. 2005PEPI..150..159A .
  13. A SRTM Investigation of Serra da Cangalho [sic] Impact Structure, Brazil | author = W.U. Reimold |author2=G.R.J. Cooper |author3=R. Romano |author4=D. Cowan |author5=C. Koeberl | book-title = Lunar and Planetary Science XXXV | year = 2004 | url = http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2004/pdf/1232.pdf | access-date = 2007-09-24}}

    The impact origin is attested by the presence of impact breccias, quartzite shatter cones and shocked quartz. The meteorite is believed to have struck the surface at a low oblique angle, 25 to 30 degrees on dry land. Radial faults are present inside the crater, and some extend up to 16 km from the center.Disturbed and steeply inclined sediments from the Carboniferous and Devonian periods occur within the crater. A magnetic survey of the structure indicates that deformation within the crater extends to a depth of about 2km (01miles).[5] [6] [7]

    History and studies

    The identification of the structure as an impact crater was first published in 1973 by R.S. Dietz and B.M. French.[8] [9] Shatter cones were reported by Beatty in 1980.[10] Impact breccias, impact melting, and shocked quartz were reported by McHone in his 1986 thesis.[11] A magnetic survey of the structure was published by A.A. Adepelumi and others in 2005.[12]

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