26 Remote Sensing Applications to Geomorphology
Monday, 23 March 2009
10:40 AM - 12:00 PM
THE CASE FOR A MASSIVE AUSTRALIAN PRECAMBRIAN CAMBRIAN IMPACT STRUCTURE(MAPCIS)
Paper number: 26-4
Program: Theme Sessions
Time: 11:40 AM – 12:00 PM
Authors
Abstract
The Musgrave Mountains and faults in the SW vector in front of the magnetic low are elongated and form a fan pattern that runs through 200 degrees of arc with a focus at the center of suspected impact. In the S to SE vector 50km to 100km from the impact center is a 150km long and up to 4km wide arcuate band of pseudotachylite with 2 perpendicular non fault bands of PT . GA seismic transects of the impact center suggest that Precambrian sediment layers are missing to the crystalline basement at the suspected impact site. The GA geo
maps indicate the ridges of the inner basin were deformed ~545mya and were ~500km in diameter before being remodeling. The GA geo maps date the PT to ~545mya. The GA geo maps show evidence of ridges that form concentric rings with diameters of ~600km and ~700km. Conclusion: There is evidence for a massive impact in Central Australia that occurred ~545mya.