Maple Creek crater

Template:Short description Template:Use Canadian English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox terrestrial impact site Maple Creek is a subterranean meteorite crater in Saskatchewan, Canada. It is Template:Convert in diameter and the age is estimated to be less than 75 million years (Late Cretaceous or younger). The crater is buried beneath younger sediment and cannot be seen at the surface.<ref>Template:Cite Earth Impact DB</ref>

See also

• List of impact structures in North America
• Geology of Saskatchewan

Further reading

• Gent, M. R., Kreis, L. K. and D. Gendzwill., The Maple Creek structure, southwestern Saskatchewan. Summary of Investigations 1992, Saskatchewan Geological Survey, Rep. 92–4, p 204–208. 1992
• Gent, M. R., Maple Creek, Gravity Data, Palynology Report, 1992
• Grieve, R. A. F., Kreis, K., Therriault,A.M.and P.B.Robertson., Impact structures in the Williston Basin. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, v 33, n 4, p A63-A64. 1998
• Vreeken, W. J., Postglacial geomorphic evolution of the Maple Creek Basin, Pallister Triangle, Saskatchewan, Canada, 1998 GSA Annual Meeting, Abstract 50594. 1998

External links

• Aerial exploration of the Maple Creek crater

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