Hickman
Crater Name | Location | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter (km) | Age (Ma) | Exposed | Drilled | Target Rock** | Bolide Type*** |
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Hickman | Australia | S 23° 02' | E 119° 41' | 0.26 | ≤0.1? | Y | Y | M | Iron |
References |
Glikson, A.Y., Hickman, A.H., and Vickers, J. Hickman Crater, Ophthalmia Range, Western Australia:
evidence supporting a meteorite impact origin. Aust J Earth Sci 55: 1107–1117. 2008. |
Haines, P.W. Collaborative scientific drilling at Hickman Crater. GSWA extended abstracts, GSWA
Seminar (2014, Fremantle, WA), Geological Survey of Western Australia, East Perth, Western Australia,
pp 1–4. 2014. |
* pre-1977 K-Ar, Ar-Ar and Rb-Sr ages recalculated using the decay constants of Steiger and Jager (1977) Ages in millions of years (Ma) before present. ** Abbreviations: C - Crystalline Target; C-Ms - Metasedimentary Target; M - Mixed Target (i.e.sedimentary strata overlying crystalline basement); S - sedimentary target (i.e. no crystalline rocks affected by the impact event). From Osinski. G. R., Spray J. G., and Grieve R. A. F. 2007. Impact melting in sedimentary target rocks: A synthesis. In The Sedimentary Record of Meteorite Impacts, Geological Society of America Special Paper. Editors: Evans K. Horton W., King D., Morrow J., and Warme J. Geological Society of America: Boulder, in press. ***From Koeberl,C. Identification of meteoritic components in impactites. 1998, Koeberl, C. The Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry of Impacts. 2007 and PASSC Files. (IAB, IIIAB, IIIB, IIID - Iron Meteorite) |