Lonar - Hypervelocity Impact Crater

Alternate Names Lonar Lake Crater
Local Language
Coordinates 19° 58' 36" N; 76° 30' 30" E
Notes
  1. Buldana District of Maharastra State, central India.
Country India
Region Maharastra
Date Confirmed 1972
Notes
  1. Confirmed by vesicular, aerodynamic glass droplets which represent splash forms of once molten droplets, as well as planar fractures (Nayak, 1972).
Buried? No
Notes
  1. A weak, post-cratering soil profile has developed on the ejecta blanket (Fudali et al., 1980).
Drilled? Yes
Notes
  1. Five holes have been drilled to depths ranging from 310 to 400 m below floor level and penetrate a maximum of 100 m of sediments and into a brecciated zone of undetermined depth extent (Fudali et al., 1980).
Target Type Crystalline
Notes
  1. Deccan Plateau tholeiitic flood basalts of Cretaceous-Eocene age (Fudali et al., 1980).
Sub-Type Basalt
Apparent Crater Diameter (km) Unknown
Age (Ma) 0.576 ± 0.047
Notes :
  1. 40Ar/39Ar of basaltic melt rocks provides age of 0.576 ± 0.047 Ma (Jourdan et al., 2011). Additional age constraints: Thermoluminescence studies determined age of 0.052 ± 0.006 Ma (Sengupta et al., 1997) [referenced in (Jourdan et al,. 2011)].

Method :
  1. 40Ar/39Ar
Impactor Type Chondrite
Notes
  1. High Ni, Cr, and Co abundances in [spherules] indicate that the impactor was a chondrite (Misra et al., 2009).

Advanced Data Fields

Notes

Erosion
2
  1. Well preserved with some ejecta remaining beyond the rim. Pre-impact surface was very similar to the present surface beyond the ejecta deposits (Fudali et al., 1980).
Final Rim Diameter
1.83 km
Apparent Rim Diameter
Unknown
  1. Dimensions from diagram of (Fredriksson et al., 1973) (Fudali et al., 1980).
Rim Reliability Index
1
  1. Almost circular depression with an uplifted rim contains a broad, shallow saline lake. Another depression, 300 m in diameter, occurs to the N of Lonar (Fredriksson et al., 1973).
Crater Morphology
Simple
Central Uplift Diameter
km
Central Uplift Height
Unknown
Uplift Reliability Index
1
Structural Uplift
Unknown
Thickness of Seds
Target Age
Mesozoic Cenozoic
Marine
No
Impactor Type
Chondrite
  1. High Ni, Cr, and Co abundances in [spherules] indicate that the impactor was a chondrite (Misra et al., 2009).
Other Shock Metamorphism
Maskelynite Vesiculation with impact-generated Ti-magnetite Various
  1. (Schaal and Horz, 1977) (Fredriksson et al., 1979) (Fel'dman et al., 1985) Vesiculation via (Bender-Koch and Ferrow, 2006). "Broken and twisted plagioclase feldspars, irregular fracturing, planar fractures, possibly partly lsotroplc phases, while some basalts are strongly oxidized, and all these features can very well be attributed to an impact phenomenon" (Nayak, 1972)."
Shatter Cones
No
  1. Blocks with "crude shatter coning" occur in coarse breccia (Fredriksson et al., 1973). [Shatter cones questionable] Poorly developed shatter cones (Fel'dman et al., 1985).
Planar Fractures
No
Planar Deformation Features
Yes
  1. PDF in plagioclase grains (Fredriksson et al., 1979) (Fel'dman et al., 1985) and in other minerals (Fredriksson et al., 1979) (Masaitis et al., 1980).
Diaplectic Glass
No
  1. Not in literature.
Coesite
Yes
  1. Coesite in some glass samples (Dolgov et al., 1986) (Jaret et al., 2017).
Stisovite
Yes
  1. Stishovite in some glass samples (Dolgov et al., 1986).
Crater Fill
LB, MB
  1. Melt-bearing breccias as crater-fill (Newsom et al., 2013) in (Osinski and Pierazzo, 2013). Two layers of proximal ejecta: melt-bearing breccias with spherules and shocked basalt clasts, as discontinuous patches up to 1 m thick and found up to 600 m away. Melt-free monomict lithic breccias below MB with unshocked basalt fragments. (Newsom and Boslough, 2008) (Newsom et al., 2013) in (Osinski and Pierazzo, 2013). Spherules recorded in melt-bearing breccias by (Frederiksson et al., 1973) (Misra et al., 2009). Basalt breccias found in drill core (Hagerty and Newsom, 2003). Melt Rock (Osae et al., 2005) (Newsom et al., 2008). Glass recorded in melt-bearing breccias by (Frederiksson et al., 1973). Tektite-like bodies found by (Murali et al., 1987) but were later disproven by (Fudali and Frederiksson, 1992). Suevite (Koeberl et al., 2004). Ejecta deposits (Milton and Dube, 1977) (Ray et al., 2017).
Proximal Ejecta
MB, LB, S
Distal Ejecta
Dykes
Volume of Melt
Depth of Melting

References

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H E Newsom, M J Nelson, C K Shearer, S Misra (2004) Hydrothermal processes in impact craters on Mars; implications from Lonar Crater, India, and other craters, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 85(47, Suppl.), p. Abstract P34A-06, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, url

R Chakrabarti, A R Basu, J Peterson, S Misra (2004) Laser Raman spectroscopic characterization of shocked plagioclase from the Lonar impact crater, India, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 85(47, Suppl.), p. Abstract V21B-0609, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, url

S P Wright, J R Johnson, Philip R Christensen (2004) Thermal emission spectra of impact glass and shocked Deccan basalt from Lonar crater, India and implications for remote sensing of Mars, Abstracts of Papers Submitted to the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 35, p. unpaginated, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, TX, url

D Storzer, C Koeberl (2004) Age of the Lonar impact crater, India; first results from fission track dating, Abstracts of Papers Submitted to the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 35, p. unpaginated, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, TX, url

C Koeberl, N Bhandari, D Dhingra, P O Suresh, V L Narasimham, S Misra (2004) Lonar impact crater, India: Occurrence of a basaltic suevite?, Lunary and Planetary Science, p. 1751-1751, url

S T Stewart, K L Louzada, A C Maloof, Horton E Newsom, B P Weiss, S P Wright (2005) Field observations of ground-hugging ejecta flow at Lonar crater, India, LPI Contribution 1273, p. 102-103, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX, url

B K Bajpai, P K Narayan (2005) Shock basaltic glasses from Lonar lake, Maharashtra: A potential natural analogue of nuclear waste glasses, Journal of the Geological Society of India 65(6), p. 775-777, Geological Society of India, Bangalore, url

H E Newsom, M J Nelson, C K Shearer, S Misra, V L Narasimham (2005) Hydrothermal alteration at Lonar crater, India and elemental variations in impact crater clays, Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf.

S Misra, M Prasad, D Saha, D Sengupta, V D Khedekar, A Dube, H E Newsom (2005) Bulk chemical fractionation between basalt, impact-melts and spherules of Lonar impact crater, India, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 86(52, SUPPL.), p. Abstract P51A-0909, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC

A C Maloof, K L Louzada, S T Stewart, B P Weiss, Nadine G Barlow, Olivier S Barnouin-Jha, Sarah Stewart, Joseph M Boyce, John Grant, Robert Herrick, Horton E Newsom, Jeffrey Plescia, Paul Schenk, Virgil Sharpton, Livio Tornabene, Shawn P Wright (2005) Geology of Lonar Crater, India: An analog for Martian impact craters, Workshop on the Role of Volatiles and Atmospheres on Martian Impact Craters 1273, p. 69-70, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX, url

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Shiloh Osae, Saumitra Misra, Christian Koeberl, Debashish Sengupta, Sambhunath Ghosh (2005) Target rocks, impact glasses, and melt rocks from the Lonar impact crater, India: Petrography and geochemistry, Meteoritics & Planetary Science 40(9/10), p. 1473-1492, url, doi:10.1111/j.1945-5100.2005.tb00413.x

P S Kumar (2005) Structural effects of meteorite impact on basalt: Evidence from Lonar crater, India, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 110(12), p. 1-10, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, url, doi:10.1029/2005JB003662

C B Koch, E A Ferrow (2005) Impact related changes in mineral properties: Ti-magnetite from basaltic rocks at Lonar crater, India, Hyperfine Interactions 166(1-4), p. 505-509, doi:10.1007/s10751-006-9317-2

R Chakrabarti, A R Basu (2006) Trace element and isotopic evidence for Archean basement in the Lonar crater impact breccia, Deccan volcanic province, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, p. 197-211, PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2006.08.018

S Misra, T Bose, H E Newsom, D Sengupta (2006) Geochemistry of impact ejecta from Lonar crater, India- More clues to crater evolution, Abstracts of Papers Submitted to the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 37, p. unpaginated, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, TX, url

Saumitra Misra, P K Srivastava, A Dube (2006) Lonar impact crater, India: Did it form by oblique impact?, Abstracts of Papers Submitted to the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 37, p. unpaginated, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, TX, url

R Chakrabarti (2006) Isoptopic and Geochemical studies of Proterozoic to recent Earth process: Results from Indian lamproites, Massif anorthosites and Vindhyan sediments, western Anatolian volcanics, Nyiragongo volcano in the African rift, Lonar impact crater in the Deccan and the Utica shale magnafacies of North America, PhD Thesis

R Chakrabarti, A R Basu, J Peterson (2006) Trace element-isotope geochemistry of impact breccia, target basalts and laser Raman spectroscopy of shocked plagioclase from Lonar crater, India, Abstracts of Papers Submitted to the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 37, p. unpaginated, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, TX, url

Ian Garrick-Bethell, B P Weiss, Adam C Maloof, Sarah T Stewart, Karin L Louzada, S A Soule, N Swanson-Hysell (2006) Paleomagnetism of Lonar Crater impact glass, AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts

R Chakrabarti, A R Basu (2006) Archean basement in the Lonar impact breccia, Deccan volcanic province; implications for depth of excavation and mixing of target rocks in simple craters, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 87(Fall Meeting Suppl.), p. Abstract MR51B-0972, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, url

I Nishioka, M Funaki, V Rao (2006) Shock demagnetization of basalt from Lonar impact crater in India, AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts

A R Basu, R Chakrabarti, J Peterson, R J Poreda, L Becker (2006) Laser Raman spectra of Bedout "maskelynite"; comparison with shocked plagioclases from martian meteorite (SaU 005) and the Lonar impact crater, and synthetic albite (CIT# 1424) and anorthite (CIT# 1301), Abstracts of Papers Submitted to the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 37, p. unpaginated, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, TX, url

S K Deshmukh, S A Verekar (2006) Keratinophilic fungi from the vicinity of meteorite crater soils of Lonar (India), Mycopathologia 162(4), p. 303-306, doi:10.1007/s11046-006-0044-7

A A Wani, V P Surakasi, J Siddharth, R G Raghavan, M S Patole, D Ranade, Y S Shouche (2006) Molecular analyses of microbial diversity associated with the Lonar soda lake in India: An impact crater in a basalt area, Research in Microbiology 157(10), p. 928-937, doi:10.1016/j.resmic.2006.08.005

R Chakrabarti, A R Basu (2006) Trace element and isotopic evidence for Archean basement in the Lonar crater impact breccia, Deccan Volcanic Province, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 247(3-4), p. 197-211, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2006.05.003

Shawn P Wright, Philip R Christensen (2007) Field and handlens geology at Lonar Crater, India; distinguishing small scale features of impact from those of basaltic volcanism and implications for Mars landers/rovers, Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America 39(6), p. 368, Geological Society of America (GSA), Boulder, CO, url

P S Kumar, J Head, D Kring (2007) Gully formation in terrestrial simple craters Meteor Crater, USA and Lonar Crater, India, AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts

B P Weiss, Ian Garrick-Bethell, S Pedersen, A C Maloof, K L Louzada, S T Stewart (2007) Paleomagnetism of impact glass and spherules from Lonar Crater, India, Abstracts of Papers Submitted to the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 38, p. unpaginated, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, TX, url

I Nishioka, M Funaki, K Venkata Rao (2007) Paleomagnetism of basalts from Lonar impact crater, Meteoritics & Planetary Science 42, Supple, p. 1, Meteoritical Society, Fayetteville, AR, url

A C Maloof, S T Stewart, N Swanson-Hysell, K L Louzada, Ian Garrick-Bethell, S A Soule, B P Weiss (2007) Lonar Crater, India; an analog for Martian impact craters, Abstracts of Papers Submitted to the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 38, p. Abstract 2316, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, TX, url

S Misra, H Newsom, T Mukherjee, A Dube, D Sengupta (2007) No evidence of impact induced volatile loss from maskelynite of Lonar crater, India, Abstracts of Papers Submitted to the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 38, p. unpaginated, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, TX, url

K L Louzada, B P Weiss, A C Maloof, S T Stewart, N Swanson-Hysell (2007) A paleomagnetic study of Lonar impact crater, India, Abstracts of Papers Submitted to the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 38, p. unpaginated, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, TX, url

T H Son, C Koeberl (2007) Chemical variation in Lonar impact glasses and impactites, GFF 129(2), p. 161-176, doi:10.1080/11035890701292161

B L Ehlmann, J F Mustard, P S Kumar (2008) Infrared spectra of impact products from Lonar crater: The effects of weathering and implications for Mars, Abstracts of Papers Submitted to the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 39, p. Abstract 2437, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, TX, url

S Wright (2008) Ejecta facies at Lonar crater, India: Inventory of expected impactites, thermal infrared spectroscopy, and implications for Mars, LPI Contribution

H C Verma, S Misra, M Shyam Prasad, N Bijlani, A Tripathi, H Newsom (2008) Mössbauer studies on impactites from Lonar impact crater, Hyperfine Interactions 186, p. 15-22, pdf, doi:10.1007/s10751-008-9835-1

Shawn P Wright, Horton Newsom (2008) Fieldwork at Lonar Crater, India; analog for lunar impact sites emplaced into basaltic target rocks, Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America 40(6), p. 293, Geological Society of America (GSA), Boulder, CO, url

I Nishioka, M Funaki (2008) Irreversible changes in anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility: Study of basalt from Lonar crater and experimentally impacted basaltic andesite, Meteoritics & Planetary Science, p. 5207, url

I Vetvicka, J Frank, J Drtina (2008) Morphological differences between irghizites and splash-form glasses from Lonar crater- Evidence of different conditions of origin of those glasses, LPI Contribution

K L Louzada, B P Weiss, A C Maloof, S T Stewart, N L Swanson-Hysell, S A Soule (2008) Paleomagnetism of Lonar impact crater, India, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 275(3-4), p. 308-319, url, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2008.08.025

F Moynier, F Jourdan, Q Yin, P Beck, C Koeberl, U Reimold (2008) Isotopic fractionation of Zn during impact on Earth, Lunar and Planetary Science, p. 1426-1426, url

Avinash A Raut, Shyarn S Bajekal (2009) Nitrogen fixing bacteria from the saline alkaline environment of Lonar lake: A meteorite impact crater, Journal of Environmental Research And Development 3(3), p. 784-789, SECTOR A-80, SCHEME NO 54, VIJAY NAGAR, A B ROAD, INDORE, 452 010 MP, INDIA: RESEARCH JOURNAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

Md Arif, S Misra, N Basavaiah, H Newsom (2009) Distribution of impact-induced stress around Lonar crater, India, Meteoritics & Planetary Science 44, SUPPL., p. Abstract 5397, Meteoritical Society, Fayetteville, AR, url

K Deenadayalan, N Basavaiah, S Misra, H Newsom (2009) Absence of Archaean basement in the genesis of Lonar crater, India, Meteoritics & Planetary Science 44, SUPPL., p. Abstract 5388, Meteoritical Society, Fayetteville, AR, url

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