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Tookoonooka
Crater Name |
Location |
Latitude |
Longitude |
Diameter (km) |
Age (Ma)* |
Exposed |
Drilled |
Target Rock** |
Bolide Type*** |
Tookoonooka |
Queensland, Australia |
S 27° 7' |
E 142° 50' |
55 |
128 ± 5 |
N |
N |
N |
- |
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References 1. Gorter, J. D., Gostin, V.A. and Plummer,P.S., The enigmatic sub-surface Tookoonooka Complex in south-west Queensland: its impact origin and implications for hydrocarbon accumulations. B.J. O'Neil, ed., in The Cooper and Eromanga Basins, Australia, Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia, Adelaide, p. 441-456. 1989. 2. Gostin, V. A., Therriault, A. M., Tookoonooka, a large buried early Cretaceous impact structure in the Eromanga Basin of southwestern Queensland, Australia. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, v. 32, pp. 593-599. 1997. 3. Grieve, R. A. F., Masaitis, V. L., The economic potential of terrestrial impact craters. International Geology Review, v. 36, pp. 105-151. 1994. 4. Haines, P. W., Impact Cratering and Distal Ejecta: The Australian Record. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 52, P. 481 - 507. 2005. 5. Westbroek, H., Stewart, R., The formation, morphology, and economic potential of meteorite impact craters, CREWES Research Report v. 8, p. 1-26. 1996. 6. Young, I. F., Late Jurassic channels and associated fill, Eromanga Basin (ATP 259P), Queensland: A seismic stratigraphic study (abstract). Exploration Geophysics 5th Geophysical Conference and Exhibition, pp. 238-242. 1987.
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* 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 - Metasedimetary 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.
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