North and Central America
- Map of North and Central America
- Anadarko Basin (Oklahoma, U.S.A.)
- Bighorn Basin (U.S.A.)
- Blue Hole (Belize)
- Cape Cod (U.S.A.)
- Chesapeake Bay (U.S.A.)
- Chicxulub (Mexico)
- Chicxulub 2 (Mexico)
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- Colorado 2 (U.S.A.)
- Death Valley (U.S.A.)
- Hawai'i (U.S.A.)
- Koolau (U.S.A.)
- Lake Chalco (Mexico)
- Lake Petén Itzá (Guatemala)
- Lead (U.S.A.)
- Long Valley (U.S.A.)
- Mallik (Canada)
- Newberry (U.S.A.)
- New Jersey (U.S.A.)
- Nicaragua
- Oklahoma (U.S.A.)
- San Andreas Fault (U.S.A.)
- Sevier Basin (U.S.A.)
- Snake River (U.S.A.)
- Sudbury (Canada)
Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure Deep Drilling Project (CBAY)
proposed in 2004
- Geologic age: Eocene
- Number of drillsites (drillholes): 1(2)
- Drilled length: 1806.4 M
- Cored length: 1035.2 M
- Core recovered, length: 873.5 M
- Core recovered length / Cored length: 84.38%
- Core recovered / Drilled length: 48.36%
Co-Operating Principal Investigators
Begin Of Drilling September 15, 2005, End Of Drilling May, 2006
Completed
Repository Information: Where the rock samples are stored.
All cooperating Repositories
Sedimentary, Magmatic And Impact Rocks:
U.S. Geological Survey At Reston
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Http://chesapeake.icdp-online.org/ (Icdp Web)
This is the preferred URL to be used in publications, citations etc.
For details, see our interactive map
Lat/Long : 37.3217, -75.9757
- Project Link
Project Link - Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure Deep Drilling Project
http://chesapeake.icdp-online.org
Please use only this URL in any kind of publication (papers, posters, flyers, citations etc.). Only this URL can be guaranteed to be persistent over coming relaunches of the Web Site.
- Daily News
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2005-12-09
This is the last Daily Message for the Chesapeake ...2005-12-09 postedThis is the last Daily Message for the Chesapeake ...
This is the last Daily Message for the Chesapeake ...
Image: Goodbye to Chesapeake Bay.
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2005-12-04
Coring ended at about 8:00 a.m., local time, on ...2005-12-04 postedCoring ended at about 8:00 a.m., local time, on ...
Coring ended at about 8:00 a.m., local time, on ...
Image: Jim Murray (l.) and Roger Morin (r.) prepare the first logging tool.
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2005-12-01
The drill bit moved below 5,675 ft (1,730 m) ...2005-12-01 postedThe drill bit moved below 5,675 ft (1,730 m) ...
The drill bit moved below 5,675 ft (1,730 m) ...
Image: The drill site and Orion (photograph by Kevin Jones).
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2005-11-29
Coring continued below 5,600 ft (1,707 m) on November2005-11-29 postedCoring continued below 5,600 ft (1,707 m) on November
Coring continued below 5,600 ft (1,707 m) on November
Image: Uwe Reimold (l.) and Wright Horton (r.) pose with the well-worn ICDP sign on the drill rig.
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2005-11-27
The drill bit passed below 5,500 ft (1,676 m) ...2005-11-27 postedThe drill bit passed below 5,500 ft (1,676 m) ...
The drill bit passed below 5,500 ft (1,676 m) ...
Image: Last week, everyone at the drill site celebrated the recovery of the ?milestone? (the rock from 5,280 ft).
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2005-11-23
The drill bit passed below the mile mark (5,280 ...2005-11-23 postedThe drill bit passed below the mile mark (5,280 ...
The drill bit passed below the mile mark (5,280 ...
Image: Variably brecciated schist (left) and lithic breccia (right) from a depth of about 5,270 ft (1,606 m).
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2005-11-19
At present, we are drilling below a depth of ...2005-11-19 postedAt present, we are drilling below a depth of ...
At present, we are drilling below a depth of ...
Image: Interior of the mica-schist clast.
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2005-11-17
Still recovering suevite below a depth of 5000 ft.2005-11-17 postedStill recovering suevite below a depth of 5000 ft.
Still recovering suevite below a depth of 5000 ft.
Image: Interior of a microbrecciated clast within the suevite.
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2005-11-15
We are continuing to recover suevite below a depth2005-11-15 postedWe are continuing to recover suevite below a depth
We are continuing to recover suevite below a depth
Image: Suevite cores from the Chesapeake Bay impact crater.
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2005-11-13
The corehole section has become increasingly interesting, as we ...2005-11-13 postedThe corehole section has become increasingly interesting, as we ...
The corehole section has become increasingly interesting, as we ...
Image: Suevite from the Eyreville corehole in the Chesapeake Bay impact crater.
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Photos from Chesapeake Bay, 2005
- Operational Report
Gohn, G. S., Koeberl, C., Miller, K. G., Reimold, W. U., and the Scientific Staff of the Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure Deep Drilling Project (2006):
Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure Deep Drilling Project Completes Coring,
> 10.2204/iodp.sd.3.07.2006
Scientific Drilling 3 34-37
- Press & Media
- PublicationsPublications by year, most recent first: ▼Only selected publications are shown.Sanford, W.E.; Doughten, M.W.; Coplen, T.B.; Hunt, A.G.; Bullen, T.D. (2013):Evidence For High Salinity Of Early Cretaceous Sea Water From The Chesapeake Bay Crater. doi:10.1038/nature12714Nature LetterMang, C.; Kontny, A.M.; Fritz, J.P.; Schneider, R. (2013):Shock Experiments Up To 30 GPa And Their Consequences On Microstructures And Magnetic Properties In Pyrrhotite. doi:10.1029/2012GC004242Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (G-Cubed) 14(1) 64-85Mang, C.; Kontny, A.M. (2013):Origin Of Two Verwey Transitions In Different Generations Of Magnetite From The Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure, USA. doi:10.1002/jgrb.50291Journal Of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth 118 5195-5207Mang, C. (2012):Impact-Related Modifications Of Magnetite And Pyrrhotite And Their Consequences For The Magnetic Properties Of Rocks From The Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure, Virginia, USA. doi:DissertationMang, C.; Kontny, A.M.; Harries, D.; Langenhorst, F.; Hecht, L. (2012):Iron Deficiency In Pyrrhotite Of Suevites From The Chesapeake Bay Impact Crater, USA - A Consequence Of Shock Metamorphism? doi:10.1111/j.1945-5100.2012.01329.xMeteoritics And Planetary Science 47(2) 277-295Fernandes, V.A.S.M.; Hopp, J.; Schwarz, W.H.; Trieloff, M.; Reimold, W.U. (2012):Detailed 40Ar/39Ar Step Heating Study Of Chesapeake Bay Crater Impactites: Tektites And Impact Melt From USGS-ICDP Drill Core Eyreville-B. doi:IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2012 46-47Fernandes, V.A.S.M.; Trieloff, M.; Artemieva, N.A.; Fritz, J.P.; Reimold, W.U. (2011):The Petrology, Geochemistry And Age Determination Of Impact Melt From The USGS-ICDP Drill Core Eyreville-B Into The Late Eocene Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure. doi:IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2011 58-59Mang, C.; Kontny, A.M.; Harries, D.; Hecht, L.; Langenhorst, F. (2011):Shock Deformation And Nucleation Of Magnetic Minerals In Suevites Of The Chesapeake Bay Impact Crater, USA. doi:IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2011 112-115Mayr, S.I.; Burkhardt, H.; Popov, Y.A.; Romushkevich, R.A.; Wilhelm, H. (2011):IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2011 119-120Bartosova, K.; Hecht, L.; Koeberl, C.; Libowitzky, E.; Reimold, W.U. (2011):Melt In The Impact Breccias From The Eyreville Drill Cores, Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure, USA. doi:10.1111/j.1945-5100.2011.01162.xMeteoritics And Planetary Science 46 396-430Breuker, A.; Köweker, G.; Blazejak, A.; Schippers, A. (2011):The Deep Biosphere In Terrestrial Sediments In The Chesapeake Bay Area, Virginia, USA. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2011.00156Frontiers In Microbiology 2 1-13Bartosova, K.; Gier, S.; Horton Jr., J.W.; Koeberl, C.; Mader, D.; Dypvik, H. (2011):Petrography, Mineralogy, And Geochemistry Of Deep Gravelly Sands In The Eyreville B Core, Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure. doi:10.1111/j.1945-5100.2010.01077.xMeteoritics And Planetary Science 45(6) 1021-1052Mang, C.; Kontny, A.M. (2010):Rock Magnetic Properties From Host Rock And Impact Lithologies Of Drillings At Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure, USA. doi:IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2010 97-98Elbra, T.; Kontny, A.M.; Pesonen, L.J. (2009):Rock-magnetic Properties Of The ICDP-USGS Eyreville Core, Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure, Virginia, USA. doi:10.1130/2009.2458(06)Geological Society Of America, Special Papers 458 119-135Heidinger, P.; Wilhelm, H.; Popov, Y.A.; Safanda, J.; Burckhardt, H.; Mayr, S.I. (2009):First Results Of Geothermal Investigations, Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure, Eyreville Core Holes. doi:10.1130/2009.2458(39)Geological Society Of America, Special Papers 458 931-940Mayr, S.I.; Burkhardt, H.; Popov, Y.A.; Romushkevich, R.A.; Miklashevskiy, D.; Gorobtsov, D.N.; Heidinger, P.; Wilhelm, H. (2009):Physical Rock Properties Of The Eyreville Core, Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure. doi:10.1130/2009.2458(07)Geological Society Of America, Special Papers 458 137-163Shah, A.K.; Daniels, D.L.; Kontny, A.M.; Brozena, J. (2009):Megablocks And Melt Pockets In The Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure Constrained By Magnetic Field Measurements And Properties Of The Eyreville And Cape Charles Cores. doi:10.1130/2009.2458(10)Geological Society Of America, Special Papers 458 195-208Heidinger, P.; Wilhelm, H.; Popov, Y.A.; Miklashevskiy, D. (2009):IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2009 62Edwards, L.E.; Powars, D.S.; Gohn, G.S.; Dypvik, H. (2009):Geologic Columns From The ICDP-USGS Eyreville A And B Cores, Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure: Sediment-clast Breccias, 1096 – 444 M Depth. doi:Geological Society Of America, Special Papers In: Gohn, G.S., Koeberl, C., Miller K.C., & Reimold, W.U. (eds.): The ICDP-USGS Deep Drilling Project In Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure: Results From Eyreville Core Holes. 458 51-89Declercq, J.; Henning D.; Aagaard, P.; Jahren, J.; Ferrell Jr., R.E.; Horton Jr., J.W. (2009):Experimental Alteration Of Artificial And Natural Impact Melt Rock From The Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure. doi:Geological Society Of America, Special Papers In: Gohn, G.S., Koeberl, C., Miller K.C., & Reimold, W.U. (eds.): The ICDP-USGS Deep Drilling Project In Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure: Results From Eyreville Core Holes. 458 559-570Gohn, G.S.; Powars, D.S.; Dypvik, H.; Edwards, L.E. (2009):Rock-avalanche And Oceas-resurge Deposits In The Late Eocene Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure: Evidence From The ICDP-USGS Eyreville Cores, Virginia, USA. doi:Geological Society Of America, Special Papers In: Gohn, G.S., Koeberl, C., Miller, K.G., And Reimold, W.U. (eds): The ICDP-USGS Deep Drilling Project In The Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure: Results From The Eyreville Core Holes 458 587-616Ferrell Jr., R.E.; Dypvik, H. (2009):The Mineralogy Of The Exmore Beds - Chickahominy Formation Boundary Section Of The Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure Revealed In The Eyreville Core. doi:Geological Society Of America, Special Papers In: Gohn, G.S., Koeberl, C., Miller, K.G., And Reimold, W.U. (eds): The ICDP-USGS Deep Drilling Project In The Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure: Results From The Eyreville Core Holes 458 723 746Browning, J.V.; Miller, K.G.; McLaughlin Jr., P.P.; Edwards, L.E.; Kulpecz, A.A.; Powars, D.S.; Wade, B.S.; Feigenson, M.D.; Wright, J.D. (2009):Integrated Sequence Stratigraphy Of The Post-impact Sediments From The Eyreville Core Holes, Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure Inner Basin. doi:10.1130/2009.2458(04)Geological Society Of America, Special Papers In: Gohn, G.S., Koeberl, C., Miller, K.G., And Reimold, W.U. (eds): The ICDP-USGS Deep Drilling Project In The Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure: Results From The Eyreville Core Holes 458 775-810Browning, J.V.; Miller, K.G.; McLaughlin Jr., P.P.; Edwards, L.E.; Kulpecz, A.A.; Powars, D.S.; Wade, B.S.; Feigenson, M.D.; Wright, J.D. (2009):Geologic Columns For The ICDP-USGS Eyreville A And C Cores, Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure: Post-impact Sediments, 444 To 0 M Depth. doi:10.1130/2009.2458(04)Geological Society Of America, Special Papers In: Gohn, G.S., Koeberl, C., Miller, K.G., And Reimold, W.U. (eds): The ICDP-USGS Deep Drilling Project In The Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure: Results From The Eyreville Core Holes 458 91-114Gohn, G.S.; Koeberl, C.; Miller, K.G.; Reimold, W.U. (2009):Geological Society Of America, Special Papers In: Gohn, G.S., Koeberl, C., Miller, K.G., And Reimold, W.U. (eds): The ICDP-USGS Deep Drilling Project In The Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure: Results From The Eyreville Core Holes 458 1-20Kulpecz, A.A.; Miller, K.G.; Browning, J.V.; Edwards, L.E.; Powars, D.S.; McLaughlin Jr., P.P.; Harris, A.D.; Feigenson, M.D. (2009):Post-impact Deposition In The Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure: Variations In Eustasy, Compaction, Sediment Supply, And Passive-aggressive Tectonism. doi:10.1130/2009.2458(34)Geological Society Of America, Special Papers In: Gohn, G.S., Koeberl, C., Miller, K.G., And Reimold, W.U. (eds): The ICDP-USGS Deep Drilling Project In The Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure: Results From The Eyreville Core Holes 458 811-837Schulte, P.; Wade, B.S.; Kontny, A.M.; Self-Trail, J.M. (2009):The Eocene-Oligocene Sedimentary Record In The Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure: Implications For Climate And Sea-level Changes On The Western Atlantic Margin. doi:10.1130/2009.2458(35)Geological Society Of America, Special Papers In: Gohn, G.S.; Koeberl, C.; Miller, K.G.; Reimold, W.U. (eds.): The ICDP-USGS Deep Drilling Project In The Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure: Results From The Eyreville Core Holes. 458 839-865Skala, R.; Langenhorst, F.; Deutsch, A. (2009):Geochemical Characteristics Of Target Rocks And Suevitic Glasses From The Eyreville B Drill Core, Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure. doi:10.1130/2009.2458(19)Geological Society Of America, Special Papers In: Gohn, G.S.; Koeberl, C.; Miller, K.G.; Reimold, W.U. (eds.): The ICDP-USGS Deep Drilling Project In The Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure: Results From The Eyreville Core Holes. 458 435-445Hayden, T.; Kominz, M.; Powars, D.S.; Edwards, L.E.; Miller, K.G.; Browning, J.V.; Kulpecz, A.A. (2008):Impact Effects And Regional Tectonic Insights: Backstripping The Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure. doi:10.1130/G24408A.1Geology 36 327-330Gohn, G.S.; Koeberl, C.; Miller, K.G.; Reimold, W.U.; Browning, J.V.; Cockell, C.S.; Horton Jr., J.W.; Kenkmann, T.; Kulpecz, A.A.; Powars, D.S.; Sanford, W.E.; Voytek, M.A. (2008):Science 320 1740-1745Heidinger, P.; Wilhelm, H.; Safanda, J.; Burkhardt, H.; Mayr, S.I.; Popov, Y.A. (2008):IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2008 63-66Köweker, G.; Blazejak, A.; Schippers, A. (2008):IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2008 79Luetke, S.; Deutsch, A.; Langenhorst, F.; Skala, R. (2008):IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2008 88-92Mayr, S.I.; Popov, Y.A.; Burkhardt, H.; Gorobtsov, D.N.; Romushkevich, R.A.; Wilhelm, H.; Heidinger, P. (2008):IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2008 95-98Wittmann, A.; Hecht, L.; Reimold, W.U.; Schmitt, R.T.; Kenkmann, T.; Hansen, B.T.; Fernandes, V.A.S.M. (2008):Petrology Of Melt Bearing Lithologies In Drill Core Eyreville-B, Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure. doi:IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2008 141-142Gohn, G.S.; Sanford, W.E.; Powars, D.S.; Horton Jr., J.W.; Edwards, L.E.; Morin, R.H.; Self-Trail, J.M. (2007):Site Report For USGS Test Holes Drilled At Cape Charles, Northampton County, Virginia, In 2004. doi:U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 2007-1094Gohn, G.S. (2006):Scientific Drilling 2 60Koeberl, C.; Gohn, G.S.; Reimold, W.U.; Miller, K.G. (2006):69th Annual Meteoritical Society Meeting, Zurich, Aug. 11, 2006 Abstract 5094Gohn, G.S.; Koeberl, C.; Miller, K.G.; Reimold, W.U. (2006):DOSECC Newsletter 4(1) 4-7Gohn, G.S.; Koeberl, C.; Miller, K.G.; Reimold, W.U.; Schientific Staff Of The Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure Drilling Project (2006):Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure Deep Drilling Project Completes Coring. doi:10.2204/iodp.sd.3.07.2006Scientific Drilling 3 34-37Gohn, G.S.; Koeberl, C.; Miller, K.G.; Reimold, W.U.; Browning, J.V.; Cockell, C.S.; Dypvik, H.; Edwards, L.E.; Horton Jr., J.W.; McLaughlin Jr., P.P.; Ormö, J.; Plescia, J.B.; Powars, D.S.; Sanford, W.E.; Self-Trail, J.M.; Voytek, M.A. (2006):Preliminary Site Report For The 2005 ICDP-USGS Deep Corehole In The Chesapeake Bay Impact Crater. doi:37th Lunar And Planetary Science Conference, League City, Texas, March 13-17, 2006 Abstract 1713Gohn, G.S.; Koeberl, C.; Miller, K.G.; Reimold, W.U.; Cockell, C.S.; Dypvik, H.; Edwards, L.E.; Horton Jr., J.W.; Powars, D.S.; Sanford, W.E. (2006):Geological Society Of America, Abstracts With Programs 38(7) 119Gohn, G.S.; Koeberl, C.; Miller, K.G.; Reimold, W.U.; Cockell, C.S.; Horton Jr., J.W.; Sanford, W.E.; Voytek, M.A. (2006):Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 87(35) 349,355Reimold, W.U.; Gohn, G.S.; Koeberl, C.; Miller, K.G. (2006):Workshop - Impact Craters As Indicators For Planetary Environmental Evolution And Astrobiology, Östersund, Sweden, June 8-14, 2006Deutsch, A.; Koeberl, C. (2006):Establishing The Link Between The Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure And The North American Tektite Strewn Field: The Sr-Nd Isotopic Evidence. doi:10.1111/j.1945-5100.2006.tb00985.xMeteoritics And Planetary Science 41 689-703Horton, T. (2005):National Geographic 207(6)Gohn, G.S. (2005):DOSECC 9th Annual Workshop On Scientific Drilling, June 5-7, 2005, Austin, TX, CD And OnlineHorton Jr., J.W.; Aleinikoff, J.N.; Kunk, M.J.; Gohn, G.S.; Edwards, L.E.; Self-Trail, J.M.; Powars, D.S.; Izett, G.S. (2005):Recent Research On The Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure, USA: Impact Debris And Reworked Ejecta. doi:10.1130/0-8137-2384-1.147Geological Society Of America, Special Papers In: Large Meteorite Impacts And Planetary Evolution III, (T. Kenkmann Et Al., Eds.) 384 147-170Horton Jr., J.W.; Powars, D.S.; Gohn, G.S. (eds.) (2005):Studies Of The Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure-The USGS-NASA Langley Corehole, Hampton, Virginia, And Related Coreholes And Geophysical Surveys. doi:U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1688-A-K 453ppPoag, C.W. (2005):Eastern Rim Of The Chesapeake Bay Impact Crater: Morphology, Stratigraphy, And Structure. doi:10.1130/0-8137-2384-1.117Geological Society Of America, Special Papers In: Large Meteorite Impacts And Planetary Evolution III, (T. Kenkmann Et Al., Eds.) 384 117-130Sanford, W.E. (2005):A Simulation Of The Hydrothermal Response To The Chesapeake Bay Bolide Impact. doi:10.1111/j.1468-8123.2005.00110.xGeofluids 5(3) 185-201Shah, A.K.; Brozena, J.; Vogt, P.; Daniels, D.L.; Plescia, J.B. (2005):New Surveys Of The Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure Suggest Melt Pockets And Target-structure Effect. doi:10.1130/G21213.1Geology 33(5) 417-420Dypvik, H.; Burchell, M.; Claeys, P. (2004):Springer-Verlag, New York 340ppEdwards, L.E.; Horton Jr., J.W.; Gohn, G.S. (2004):ICDP-USGS Workshop On Deep Drilling In The Central Crater Of The Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure, Virginia, USA. doi:U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 2004-1016Gohn, G.S. (2004):ICDP Workshop Report: Deep Drilling In The Central Crater Of The Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure, Virginia, USA. doi:ICDP-Newsletter 6 30-35Poag, C.W.; Koeberl, C.; Reimold, W.U. (2004):Springer-Verlag, New York 522ppSanford, W.E.; Gohn, G.S.; Powars, D.S.; Horton Jr., J.W.; Edwards, L.E.; Self-Trail, J.M.; Morin, R.H. (2004):Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 85(39)Deutsch, A. (2004):Relating Impact Debris In The Stratigraphic Record To The Source Crater - The Chesapeake Case. doi:U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report In: Edwards, L.E., Horton, J.W. Jr., Gohn, G.S. (eds.) ICDP-USGS Workshop On Deep Drilling In The Central Crater Of The Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure 2004-1016. 49-50Gohn, G.S. (2004):ICDP Workshop: Deep Drilling In The Central Crater Of The Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure, Virginia, USA. doi:ICDP-Newsletter 6 30-35
- WorkshopsICDP Workshop: Deep Drilling in the Central Crater of the Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure, Virginia, USA
Reston, Virginia, USA
on September 22 to 24, 2003
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