Acraman - Impact Deposit

Alternate Names
Local Language
Coordinates 31° 1' 12" N; 135° 26' 60" E
Notes
  1. (Williams 1986)
Country Australia

Related Countries :
  1. Australia
Region South Austrailia - Gawler Craton
Date Confirmed 1980
Notes
  1. (Williams and Gostin 2001)
Age (Ma) 450-635
Notes :
  1. (Williams and Gostin 2001); (Baldwin et al 1991); 580 Ma (Glass and Simonson, 2012); 635-541 Ma (Schmieder et al., 2015)

Method :
  1. Stratigraphic age (∼635–541 Ma) set by the Ediacaran Bunyeroo ejecta layer (Schmieder et al., 2015)
Impactor Type chondrite
Notes
  1. (Gostin et al 1986)

Advanced Data Fields

Notes

Spherules
Yes
Tektites
N/A
Indivudual Glass Clasts
N/A
Source Crater
Geology
Acraman is a deeply eroded (>2.5 km) complex impact structure
  1. (Williams and Gostin 2001)
Other Shock Metamorphism
Shatter Cones
Yes
Planar Fractures
No
Planar Deformation Features
Yes
  1. Williams and Gostin, 2001
Diaplectic Glass
No
Coesite
No
Stisovite
No