Amelia Creek: A Proterozoic impact structure in the Davenport Ranges, Northern Territory

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 4-5, 2005, Pages 631-640

  MacDonald, F A ^a   Mitchell, K ^b   Stewart, A J ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aeromagnetic images; Amelia Creek; Davenport Ranges; Hatches Creek Group; Impact structures; Oblique impact; Shatter cones

Indexed keywords

CRATER; IMPACT STRUCTURE; PROTEROZOIC;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; DAVENPORT RANGE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NORTHERN TERRITORY; WORLD;

EID: 27344455399     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120090500170401     Document Type: Article

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