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Henbury Craters and Meteorites

Their Discovery, History and Study

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  • © 2015

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Authors:
  1. Svend Buhl

    1. Meteorite Recon, Hamburg, Germany

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  2. Don McColl

    1. Glenside, Australia

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  • Comprehensive description of the discovery, history and study of the Henbury craters and meteorites
  • Colorful illustrations of the meteorites found in this area
  • Detailed map of the crater locations

Part of the book series: GeoGuide (GEO)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-13
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  2. EARLY PIONEERS

    • Svend Buhl, Don McColl
    Pages 14-19

  3. ALDERMAN’S SURVEY

    • Svend Buhl, Don McColl
    Pages 20-25

  4. IRON HARVEST

    • Svend Buhl, Don McColl
    Pages 26-41

  5. “METEORITE IN A CRATER”

    • Svend Buhl, Don McColl
    Pages 42-53

  6. BEDFORD’S MORPHOLOGICAL STUDIES

    • Svend Buhl, Don McColl
    Pages 54-63

  7. GEOGRAPHY & TOPOGRAPHY

    • Svend Buhl, Don McColl
    Pages 64-75

  8. HENBURY METALLURGY

    • Svend Buhl, Don McColl
    Pages 76-81

  9. MCCOLL’S DISTRIBUTION MAP

    • Svend Buhl, Don McColl
    Pages 82-89

  10. ATMOSPHERIC BREAKUP

    • Svend Buhl, Don McColl
    Pages 90-97

  11. FRAGMENTATION ON IMPACT

    • Svend Buhl, Don McColl
    Pages 98-103

  12. HENBURY IMPACTITES

    • Svend Buhl, Don McColl
    Pages 104-115

  13. OTHER HOLOCENE IMPACTS

    • Svend Buhl, Don McColl
    Pages 116-119

  14. KAMIL CRATER

    • Svend Buhl, Don McColl
    Pages 120-125

  15. WHITECOURT CRATER

    • Svend Buhl, Don McColl
    Pages 126-133

  16. HENBURY: RE-EVALUATION OF EVIDENCE

    • Svend Buhl, Don McColl
    Pages 134-141

  17. HENBURY IN THE ABORIGINAL TRADITION AND CULTURE

    • Svend Buhl, Don McColl
    Pages 142-151

  18. DATING OF THE IMPACT AND TOTAL KNOWN WEIGHT

    • Svend Buhl, Don McColl
    Pages 152-153

  19. THE PRESENT CRATER RESERVE

    • Svend Buhl, Don McColl
    Pages 154-159

  20. Back Matter

    Pages 160-173
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In 1931, the cluster of craters at Henbury Cattle Station south of Alice Springs in Central Australia was one of the first places on Earth where a group of impact structures could definitely be linked to the fall of iron meteorites. It was also the first place where radial rays and loops of ejected rock material, comparable to those seen around craters on the Moon, were observed. As such it was one of the primary observation sites associated with the science of meteoritics in its infancy. In this work the authors present previously unpublished documents covering early research at the Henbury site, provide an extended data set on the distribution of meteoritic material at Henbury craters, and compare recent discoveries on the mechanics of hypervelocity impacts with evidence collected over 80 years of research at the Henbury meteorite craters. In their conclusion, the authors suggest a new hypothesis for the fragmentation and incident direction of the crater-forming bolide, on the basis of a more complete set of data compared with previous models.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Meteorite Recon, Hamburg, Germany

    Svend Buhl

  • Glenside, Australia

    Don McColl

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