Burckle Crater

Burckle Crater

Burckle Crater is an undersea crater likely to have been formed by a very large scale comet or meteorite impact event. It is located to the east of Madagascar and west of Western Australia in the southern Indian ocean. Its position was determined in 2006 by the Holocene Impact Working Group using evidence of its existence from prehistoric chevron dune formations in Australia and Madagascar that allowed them to triangulate its location.

Burckle Crater lies undersea at coord|30.865|S|61.365|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title in the Indian Ocean.

Formation

Burckle Crater has not yet been dated by radiometric analysis of its sediments. The Holocene Impact Working Group think that it was created about 5,000 years ago during the Holocene epoch when a comet impacted in the ocean, and that enormous megatsunamis created the dune formations which later allowed the crater to be pin-pointed.

Legend

As not only the Bible, but other ancient writings from various cultures make reference to a 'great flood', it is possible that these legends are associated with this event.

ee also

* Spaceguard
* B612 Foundation
* Torino scale
* Fenambosy Chevron

External links

* [http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20061114/news_1n14meteors.html Meteor 'misfits' find proof in sea] Impacts more recent and often, researchers say
* [http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2006AM/finalprogram/abstract_114274.htm Impact Craters as Sources of Megatsunami Generated Chevron Dunes]
* [http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2006/s1788687.htm Transcript of ABC interview with Ted Bryant]
* [http://library.lanl.gov/tsunami/213/scheff.pdf Chevron-shaped Accumulations Along the Coastlines of Australia as Potential Tsunami Evidences?] Science of Tsunami Hazards (2003), Vol. 21, #3, p 174.


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