Victoria Island (California)

Victoria Island is an island in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta in San Joaquin County, California, twenty kilometres southwest of Stockton.[1] The 7,200-acre (2,900 ha) island is bounded on the north by North Victoria Canal, on the northeast by Middle River, on the southeast by Victoria Canal, and on the south- and southwest Old River.

Buried impact structure

Main article: Victoria Island Structure

Oil exploration led to the discovery of a possible buried impact structure in the sediments under the island. It was named the Victoria Island Structure after the island.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Victoria Island". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:237071. 
  2. ^ Spevack, S. C., Morrow, J. R., Spevack, B. Z. (2007) (.PDF). 3-D seismic and well log analyses of the Victoria Island Structure, a Potential Buried Impact Crater, San Joaquin County, California. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference XXXVIII. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2007/pdf/1033.pdf. Retrieved 2009-09-17. 
  3. ^ Roach, John (2007-03-27). "Giant Meteorite Hit Ancient California, Crater Study Suggests". National Geographic News (National Geographic Society). http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/03/070327-california-crater.html. Retrieved 2009-09-01.