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Sanna

Sanna Alwmark

Biträdande universitetslektor

Sanna

Shocked quartz in sandstone from the buried Ilkurlka impact structure, Officer Basin, Western Australia

Författare

  • Raiza R. Quintero
  • Aaron J. Cavosie
  • Sanna Alwmark
  • Peter W. Haines
  • Martin Danišík
  • Nicholas E. Timms
  • David Lim

Summary, in English

The Ilkurlka structure is an ~12 km diameter buried circular aeromagnetic anomaly within the Officer Basin in Western Australia. Prior studies postulated a range of origins, including meteorite impact. We report the presence of pervasive deformation in the first drill cores from the structure. Brecciated sandstone and siltstone contain arrays of quartz grains with concussion fractures and rare shocked quartz grains with planar deformation features (PDF). Universal stage measurements of two quartz grains reveal one grain with PDF parallel to (0001) orientation and three PDF sets parallel to (Formula presented.). A second grain contains three PDF sets parallel to (Formula presented.) and one set parallel to (Formula presented.). The shocked grains are interpreted to have formed in situ, rather than representing transported detrital shocked grains. These results suggest local shock compression of at least 10 GPa; however, preservation of primary porosity and overall paucity of shocked grains may indicate lower mean shock pressures. (U-Th)/He dating of 58 apatite grains from four samples across both cores shows a dominant age population at ~265 Ma and a minor age population at ~135 Ma. These dates overlap with regional events and thus do not provide an unambiguous impact age. An upper Carboniferous to lower Permian maximum impact age is provisionally proposed based on inferred missing target rock stratigraphy.

Avdelning/ar

  • Berggrundsgeologi

Publiceringsår

2024-01

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

68-87

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volym

59

Issue

1

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Wiley-Blackwell

Ämne

  • Geology

Aktiv

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1086-9379