Gnargoo: A possible 75 km-diameter post-Early Permian - Pre-Cretaceous buried impact structure, Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 4-5, 2005, Pages 575-586

  Iasky, R P ^a,b   Glikson, A Y ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Australian Government Australian Research Council   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gnargoo; Gravity anomalies; Impact structure; Magnetic anomalies; Seismic reflection surveys; Southern Carnarvon Basin

Indexed keywords

CRATER; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MESOZOIC;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CARNARVON BASIN; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; GASCOYNE PLATFORM; GNARGOO STRUCTURE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WORLD;

EID: 27344442262     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120090500170377     Document Type: Article

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