Explorer’s Guide to Impact Craters
Barringer Crater Tour
- Getting to Barringer Crater
- Virtual Tour of Barringer Crater
- Barringer Tour: Visitor Center
- Barringer – Stop 1
- Barringer – Stop 2
- Barringer – Stop 3
- Barringer – Stop 4
- Barringer – Stop 5
- Barringer – Stop 6
- Barringer – Stop 7
- Barringer – Stop 8
- Barringer – Stop 9
- Barringer – Stop 10
- Barringer – Stop 11
- Barringer – Stop 12
- Barringer – Stop 13
- Barringer – Stop 14
- Barringer – Stop 15
- Barringer – Stop 16
- Barringer – Stop 17
Stop 6 at Barringer
“Whale Rock” near the east rim trail
Photo: G. Osinski, University of Western Ontario Location: Southeast corner of the impact crater along the east rim trail
Scale: Height of the person is approximately 1.5 meters
Crossbedding in Coconino sandstone
Photo: G. Osinski, University of Western Ontario Location: Southeast corner of the impact crater along the east rim trail
Scale: U.S. quarter, width approximately 2.5 centimeters
At this stop there are abundant sandstone fragments in the ejecta blanket. These rocks are from the Coconino Formation, which forms the deepest section of the target sequence at Barringer Crater. In other words, these sandstones were excavated from as much as 100-200 meters in depth and thrown out as the crater was being formed. Before we continue along the rim, we’ll take a slight detour and take a closer look at the ejecta blanket outside the crater.