Artigo Revisado por pares

Wolf Creek Meteorite Crater, Western Australia

1950; University of Chicago Press; Volume: 58; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1086/625692

ISSN

1537-5269

Autores

D. J. Guppy, R. S. Matheson,

Tópico(s)

Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

Resumo

The Wolf Creek Crater is the second largest crater of meteoritic origin to be discovered on the earth's surface. The crater is circular, 2,800 feet in diameter, has a maximum depth of 170 feet and 90 feet of broken rock forming the elevated rim. Fragments of meteoritic iron were found around the rim. The age of the crater is considered to be Pleistocene or Recent.

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