Understanding the role of impact cratering in Earth's evolution through state-of-the-art geochronology

Project Information

Crater Chron

Grant agreement ID: 792030

DOI 10.3030/792030

Project closed

EC signature date 23 March 2018

Start date 1 July 2018

End date 28 February 2021

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Total cost € 173 857,20

EU contribution € 173 857,20

Coordinated by

NATURHISTORISKA RIKSMUSEET
Sweden

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (6)

Age of the Sääksjärvi impact structure, Finland: reconciling the timing of small impacts in crystalline basement with regional basin development

Author(s): Gavin G. Kenny, Irmeli Mänttäri, Martin Schmieder, Martin J. Whitehouse, Alexander A. Nemchin, Jeremy J. Bellucci, Renaud E. Merle
Published in: Journal of the Geological Society, Issue 177/6, 2020, Page(s) 1231-1243, ISSN 0016-7649
Publisher: Geological Society Publishing House
DOI: 10.1144/jgs2020-034

The response of zircon to the extreme pressures and temperatures of a lightning strike

Author(s): Gavin G. Kenny, Matthew A. Pasek
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 11/1, 2021, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-81043-8

Timescales of impact melt sheet crystallization and the precise age of the Morokweng impact structure, South Africa

Author(s): Gavin G. Kenny, Claire O. Harrigan, Mark D. Schmitz, James L. Crowley, Corey J. Wall, Marco A.G. Andreoli, Roger L. Gibson, Wolfgang D. Maier
Published in: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Issue 567, 2021, Page(s) 117013, ISSN 0012-821X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117013

Recrystallization and chemical changes in apatite in response to hypervelocity impact

Author(s): Gavin G. Kenny, Andreas Karlsson, Martin Schmieder, Martin J. Whitehouse, Alexander A. Nemchin, Jeremy J. Bellucci
Published in: Geology, Issue 48/1, 2019, Page(s) 19-23, ISSN 0091-7613
Publisher: Geological Society of America
DOI: 10.1130/g46575.1

A new U-Pb age for shock-recrystallised zircon from the Lappajärvi impact crater, Finland, and implications for the accurate dating of impact events

Author(s): Gavin G. Kenny, Martin Schmieder, Martin J. Whitehouse, Alexander A. Nemchin, Luiz F.G. Morales, Elmar Buchner, Jeremy J. Bellucci, Joshua F. Snape
Published in: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Issue 245, 2019, Page(s) 479-494, ISSN 0016-7037
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2018.11.021

A Late Paleocene age for Greenland’s Hiawatha impact structure

Author(s): Gavin G. Kenny, William R. Hyde, Michael Storey, Adam A. Garde, Martin J. Whitehouse, Pierre Beck, Leif Johansson, Anne Sofie Søndergaard, Anders A. Bjørk, Joseph A. MacGregor, Shfaqat A. Khan, Jérémie Mouginot, Brandon C. Johnson, Elizabeth A. Silber, Daniel K. P. Wielandt, Kurt H. Kjær, Nicolaj K. Larsen
Published in: Science Advances, Issue 8, 2022, Page(s) eabm2434, ISSN 2375-2548
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abm2434