Acraman - Impact Deposit
Alternate Names | N/A |
Coordinates |
31° 1' 12" N; 135° 26' 60" E Notes
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Country |
Australia
Related Countries :
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Region | South Austrailia - Gawler Craton |
Date Confirmed | 1980 Notes
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Age (Ma) | 450-635 Notes :
Method :
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Impactor Type |
chondrite
Notes
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Advanced Data Fields
Notes

- (Williams and Gostin 2001)
- Williams and Gostin, 2001
References
(1986) Giant impact structure and widely dispersed ejecta in the Precambrian of South Australia, Abstracts - Geological Society of Australia 15, p. 84, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia (AUS): Geological Society of Australia, Sydney, N.S.W., url
(1986) The Acraman Impact Structure Source of Ejecta in Late Precambrian Shales, South Australia, Science 233(4760), p. 200-203, pubmed, doi:10.1126/science.233.4760.200
(1991) K/Ar and 40Ar/39Ar analyses of meltrock from the Acraman impact structure, Gawler Ranges, South Australia, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 38(3), p. 291-298, url, doi:10.1080/08120099108727973
(2010) Geomorphology of the Acraman impact structure, Gawler Ranges, South Australia, Cuadernos do Laboratorio Xeoloxico de Laxe 35, p. 209-220, url
(2012) Distal impact ejecta layers: Spherules and more, Elements 8(1), p. 43-48, GeoScienceWorld, pdf, doi:10.2113/gselements.8.1.43
(2015) Zircons from the Acraman impact melt rock (South Australia): Shock metamorphism, U–Pb and 40Ar/39Ar systematics, and implications for the isotopic dating of impact events, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 161, p. 71-100, Pergamon, url, doi:10.1016/J.GCA.2015.04.021