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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.
	Meteor Crater - http://www.meteorcrater.com/ Official site for the visitors center at the Barringer meteor crater. Short history, animations, visitor information.
	Astronomy Picture of the Day - Barringer Crater on Earth - http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990711.html Aerial photograph.
	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 - Impact: 65 Million Years Ago - http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000226.html Computer rendering of Chicxulub crater, from gravity and magnetic field data.
	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.

	Chicxulub Scientific Drilling Program - http://www.icdp-online.de/sites/chicxulub/news/news.html Multinational program to obtain and study core samples.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.

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