Matt Wilson (crater)

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Coordinates: 15 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  S , 131 ° 11 ′ 0 ″  E

Matt Wilson (Northern Territory)
Matt Wilson
Matt Wilson
Location in Australia

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Matt Wilson is an elliptical felling structure in Gregory National Park , approximately 17 km north of the Victoria River Roadhouse in the Northern Territory of Australia . The dimensions of the ellipse are 6.7 to 7.3 kilometers, the long axis runs in a northeast-southwest direction. The structure can be seen on the surface of the earth.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sweet IP, Haines PW, Mitchell K: Matt Wilson structure: record of an impact event of possible Early Mesoproterozoic age, Northern Territory . In: Australian Journal of Earth Sciences . 52, No. 4-5, 2005, pp. 675-688. doi : 10.1080 / 08120090500180988 .
  2. ^ Low-angle Collision With Earth: The Elliptical Impact Crater Matt Wilson, Northern Territory, Australia . May 8, 2009. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
  3. ↑ , MH Poelchau: MATT WILSON: AN ELLIPTICAL IMPACT CRATER IN NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA . In: Lunar and Planetary Science XXXIX . Lunar and Planetary Institute, 2008.
  4. ↑ Matt Wilson . In: Earth Impact Database . Retrieved May 30, 2019.