Goat paddock cryptoexplosion crater, Western Australia
Nature
By: J.E. Harms, D.J. Milton, J. Ferguson, D.J. Gilbert, W.K. Harris, and B. Goleby
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Abstract
Goat Paddock, a crater slightly over 5 km in diameter (18??20??? S, 126??40???E), lies at the north edge of the King Leopold Range/Mueller Range junction in the Kimberley district, Western Australia (Fig. 1). It was noted as a geological anomaly in 1964 during regional mapping by the Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics and the Geological Survey of Western Australia. The possibility of its being a meteorite impact crater has been discussed1, although this suggestion was subsequently ignored2. Two holes were drilled by a mining corporation in 1972 to test whether kimberlite underlay the structure. Here we report the findings of five days of reconnaissance in August 1979 which established that Goat Paddock is a cryptoexplosion crater containing shocked rocks and an unusually well exposed set of structural features. ?? 1980 Nature Publishing Group.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Goat paddock cryptoexplosion crater, Western Australia |
| Series title | Nature |
| DOI | 10.1038/286704a0 |
| Volume | 286 |
| Issue | 5774 |
| Year Published | 1980 |
| Language | English |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Nature |
| First page | 704 |
| Last page | 706 |
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