An impact crater in northeast South Carolina inferred from potential field data

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Exploration Geophysics: Gravity Methods, Geomagnetism And Paleomagnetism: Magnetic Anomaly Modeling, Global Change: Impact Phenomena

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A comparison of recently acquired gravity data with aeromagnetic data for northeastern South Carolina revealed the presence of coincident circular anomalies near Johnsonville. These ~11 km diameter circular lows meet the geophysical criteria for those associated with buried complex impact craters. Within the magnetic low is a northwest-southeast structure enclosed by two concentric ``moat-like'' lows to its northeast and southwest. The pattern of surface streams passing above the structure is also consistent with the interpretation of a buried impact crater. Fortuitously, a drill core was available from a borehole drilled within these lows. The core includes ~10 m of Paleozoic crystalline Piedmont basement. Petrographic analysis of basement samples from the core revealed indications of shock metamorphic texture.

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