Edeowie Glass - Impact Deposit

Alternate Names Pleistocene glass
Coordinates 31° 8' 24" S; 138° 18' 36" E
Notes
  1. Two sites, ~25km apart. Northern (approx.): -31.13962, 138.30856 Southern (approx.): -31.52813, 138.3057 (Haines et al., 2001)
Country Australia

Related Countries :
  1. Australia
Region Central South Australia
Date Confirmed 2001
Notes
  1. (Haines et al., 2001)
Age (Ma) 0.78
Notes :
  1. (Haines et al. 2001)

Method :
  1. 40Ar/39Ar
Impactor Type Unknown

Advanced Data Fields

Notes

Local Language
N/A
Spherules
Unknown
Tektites
Unknown
Indivudual Glass Clasts
Yes
Source Crater
Unknown
Geology
either highly vesicular and scoracieous or glassy slabs. Found near playa margins. Red-brown silty sediment common and distinct.
  1. Haines et al., 2001
Other Shock Metamorphism
Unknown
Shatter Cones
No
Planar Fractures
Yes
  1. (Haines et al. 2001)
Planar Deformation Features
Yes
  1. (Haines et al. 2001)
Diaplectic Glass
No
Coesite
No
Stisovite
No

References

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P W Haines, R J F Jenkins, S P Kelley (2001) Pleistocene glass in the Australian desert: The case for an impact origin, Geology 29(10), p. 899-902, url, doi:10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0899:PGITAD>2.0.CO;2