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  Earth Impact Database http://www.unb.ca/passc/ImpactDatabase/
Crater names, location, size, and age. Background information, images, FAQ.
  Impact Parameters http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/impacteffects/
Online calculator for cratering effects of hypothetical asteroid impacts.
  Chicxulub Scientific Drilling Program http://www.icdp-online.org/contenido/icdp/front_content.php?idcat=716
Multinational program to obtain and study core samples.
  Meteor Crater http://www.meteorcrater.com/
Official site for the visitors center at the Barringer meteor crater. Short history, animations, visitor information.
  http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/tekton/crater.html http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/tekton/crater.html
A program that relates crater size to projectile size.
  Solar System Collisions http://janus.astro.umd.edu/astro/impact/
Online calculator for effects of asteroid impact.
  Terrestrial Impact Craters http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/slidesets/craters.html
Text describing formation of impact craters. Images, glossary.
  Traces of Catastrophe http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/books/CB-954/CB-954.intro.html
Online book. Detailed introduction and overview of impact processes, crater formation, and shock metamorphism.
  Meteor Crater http://www.meteorite.com/meteor_crater/
Images and short explanations of geologic features near the rim of the Barringer meteor crater.
  Impact Structures http://www.impact-structures.com/
Geology, geophysics, and petrology of impact structures (meteorite impact craters) with special focus on the Azuara and Rubielos de la Cérida impact structures (Spain)
  Impact Craters on Earth http://miac.uqac.ca/MIAC/impact.htm
Map of crater locations in Canada, crater images, explanation and images of rock altered by impact.
  A 'Smoking Gun' for Dinosaur Extinction http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/earth/features/chicxulub.cfm
NASA JPL article on the Chicxulub crater. An image from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission shows an elevation feature of the crater. The article gives background information and interpretation of the image.
  Terrestrial Impact Craters http://www.solarviews.com/eng/tercrate.htm
Background information, images, list of craters, references.
  Three Craters in Israel http://www.gsanctuary.com/3craters.html
Investigates the possibility they have been caused by comet fragments.
  Reuben Johnson's K/T Expedition -- 2001 http://members.tripod.com/reubskt53715/
Background info on the Chicxulub impact crater at the K/T (Cretaceous/Tertiary) boundary with photos of the 2001 NASA/Planetary Society expedition to Belize and Mexico to study and gather ejecta samples.
  Geology 376 - 2001 Field Trip http://members.tripod.com/reubs376_2001/
Travelogue of a geology class field trip to the Barringer meteor crater. Images, crater description, topographic map.
  Astronomy Picture of the Day - Impact: 65 Million Years Ago http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000226.html
Computer rendering of Chicxulub crater, from gravity and magnetic field data.
  Astronomy Picture of the Day - Manicouagan Impact Crater on Earth http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap001213.html
Image taken from space shuttle Columbia in 1983.
  Astronomy Picture of the Day - Barringer Crater on Earth http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990711.html
Aerial photograph.

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