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A massive three-mile-wide meteorite crater formed about 100 million years ago was discovered by gold miners in Australia’s Outback
- A meteorite crater has been discovered in the outback of Western Australia
- The crater stretched across three miles and formed 100 million years ago
- The team found shooter cones at the site, indicating a meteorite impact
- These are formed from high pressure, high velocity shock waves created by a material that has a large impact
Gold miners stumble upon a large meteorite crater in the outback of Western Australia, which formed about 100 million years ago.
Using electromagnetic probes, the researchers were able to create images of the site of the attack, known as the Ora Banda crater, three miles below the surface.
Shoot cones were recovered from Earth, which were high-pressure, high-velocity shock waves created by a large impact object – ‘word-story signs of a meteor impact.’
Ancient plant material was also found in the sediments, which will be further analyzed for microscopic pollen to collect the exact date of the time the hole was filled.
Gold miners stumble upon a large meteorite crater in the outback of Western Australia, which formed about 100 million years ago. Using electromagnetic studies, the researchers were able to create images of the site to strike below the surface, to determine if it stretched across three miles.
Miners were working near the historic Goldfields mining town of Ora Banda, northwest of Calcutta-Boulder.
Dr. Jason Meyers, a geologist and geophysicist, said: ‘The Ora Banda crater is a gift.’
‘The geologists who worked on it were drilling holes for gold, and they found some rocks that were very unusual.’
‘They kept it in the back of their minds that it didn’t apply to anything else they saw, thinking it might be the result of a meteor impact.’
Shoot cones recovered from the site, formed from high pressure and high velocity shock waves created by a large impact object – ‘storytelling signs of a meteor impact’
Miners were working near the historic Goldfields mining town of Ora Banda, northwest of Calcutta-Boulder.
He said ABC It ‘estimates that it may be about 100 million years old, based on its level and some soils that fill the erosion levels and sides.’
This team discovered sediments with ancient plant material, which will be analyzed by archaeologists looking for microscopic pollen that can be expressed when the pulp is filled.
Curtin University is assisting the mayor, and will also investigate glass droplets with cemented zircon and other minerals in the shooting cones to determine the exact date when the impact occurred.
Although the team estimates that the crater is 100 million years old, they say it may have occurred between 250 million and 40 million years ago.
Deep zircons and other materials in the evaporated and re-crystallized hole may light up during the event, resource.ly Reports.
“The energy released when the asteroid is hit would have been greater than the combined energy from every nuclear test ever conducted,” Meyers told resource.ly.
Curtin University assists the mayor and investigates glass droplets with zircon and other minerals cemented in the shoot cones to determine the exact date when the impact occurred.
Ancient plant material was also found in the sediments, which will be further analyzed for microscopic pollen to collect the exact date of the time the hole was filled.
However, the R Banda crater is five times larger than Australia’s famous Wolf Creek crater. Wolf Creek was created by a meteorite estimated to have collided with Earth 300,000 years ago
If the crater had been hit during the Cretaceous, it would not have had an impact on the dinosaur era, it would have been hit by an asteroid that left an impact crater about 90 miles off the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico about 66 million years ago.
However, the R Banda crater is five times larger than Australia’s famous Wolf Creek crater.
Wolf Creek was created by a meteorite estimated to have collided with Earth 300,000 years ago.
The meteorite left a huge hole 2,890 feet in the ground, which is visible on the surface.
It was also believed to be the second largest crater in the world.
Killing dinosaurs: How did a city-wide asteroid destroy 75 percent of all animal and plant species?
Non-bird dinosaurs became extinct about 65 million years ago, killing more than half of the world’s species.
This mass extinction led to the rise of mammals and the emergence of humans.
Axillary asteroid is often cited as a possible cause of Cretaceous-Paleogene destruction event.
Now an asteroid in the Gulf of Mexico has fallen into the shallow sea.
The collision released a large dust and suit cloud, which triggered global climate change, destroying 75 percent of all animal and plant species.
The suit for such a global catastrophe may have come from a direct impact on rocks in shallow water around Mexico, especially those rich in hydrocarbons, researchers say.
Within 10 hours of the damage, a major tsunami swept across the Gulf Coast, experts believe.
Non-bird dinosaurs became extinct about 65 million years ago, killing more than half of the world’s species. Axillary asteroid is often cited as a possible cause of Cretaceous-Paleogene destruction event (stock image).
It caused earthquakes and landslides in areas as far as Argentina.
But the waves and eruptions The creatures that lived at that time were not affected by the waves – the heat was so bad.
While investigating the event, researchers found small rocks and other debris shot into the air when the asteroid crashed.
These tiny particles, called spheres, cover the planet with a thick layer.
Experts explain that the loss of light from the sun caused a complete collapse of the aquatic system.
This is because the phytoplankton base of almost all aquatic food chains is removed.
The more than 180 million evolutions that brought the world to the Cretaceous point are believed to have been destroyed in 20 to 30 years rather than the lifespan of a Tyrannosaurus Rex.
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