Geology | Asteroid | Warburton Basin

A 400 km-wide (250 mile-wide) impact basin from a massive asteroid has been found in north-eastern South Australia. Scientists are presuming it broke in two moments before it hit Earth. Research led by Dr Andrew Glikson of the Australian National University’s Planetary Science Institute.

Warburton East and West sub-basins, northeast South Australia; the Birdsville Track Ridge divides the Warburton East Basin from the Warburton West Basin. Image credit: A.Y. Glikson et al.


Article here in Sci-News