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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Reimold, Wolf U.
• Koeberl, Christian
• Wright, Cedric
• McDonald, Iain

Titel

Comment on "Origin of a late Eocene to pre-Miocene buried crater and breccia lens at Fohn-1, North Bonaparte Basin, Timor Sea: A probable extraterrestrial connection" by J. D. Gorter and A. Y. Glikson

Ist Teil von

• Meteoritics & planetary science, 2001-05, Vol.36 (5), p.747-749

Ort / Verlag

Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2001

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Wiley Online Library All Journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• — Gorter and Glikson (2000) proposed that the Fohn‐1 structure in the Timor Sea north of Australia probably is an impact structure. Examination of their evidence reveals that it is almost impossible to confirm any of their conclusions, as the authors do not provide sufficient detail of their experimental methods. Problems with the presentation of both seismic and geochemical data cast further doubt on their conclusions. Absence of evidence for shock metamorphism and non‐chondritic siderophile element patterns in the few samples analysed make it likely that Fohn‐1 is neither a probable, nor even a possible, impact structure.