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Wolfe Creek Crater: A continuous sediment fill in the Australian Arid Zone records changes in monsoon strength through the Late Quaternary

Miller, Gifford Hubbs; Magee, John; Fogel, Marilyn; Wooller, Matthew J; Hesse, Paul; Spooner, Nigel; Johnson, Beverley J.; Wallis, Lynley

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A bolide that impacted NW Australia during the Late Quaternary left a circular depression more than 100 m deep and nearly a kilometer in diameter, with a crater rim similar to 30 m above the regional terrain. The resultant crater is a window into the regional water table. The surface of the contemporary central pan is 25 m below the adjacent terrain, coincident with the late Holocene regional water table modified by local evaporative processes. Shielded from aeolian deflation by the crater rim,...[Show more]

CollectionsANU Research Publications
Date published: 2018
Type: Journal article
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/202820
Source: Quaternary Science Reviews
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.07.019

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