Physics
Scientific paper
May 1998
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998m%26ps...33..447b&link_type=abstract
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, vol. 33, no. 2, pages 447-453.
Physics
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Scientific paper
New gravity and magnetic data were obtained along ground profiles across the Roter Kamm impact crater in the southern Namib desert of Namibia. As the traverses of previous studies did not extend sufficiently beyond the crater rim, it had not been possible to adequately determine the regional background values. The gravity results of this study are similar to those obtained by Fudali in 1973, in that a negative, near-symmetrical anomaly was obtained over the crater center. This anomaly conforms to the results expected for a sediment- and impact breccia-filled, simple bowl-shaped crater. The magnetic results of this study, however, are different to those previously reported, which is most probably as a result of the longer profiles used in this new study. A slight positive magnetic anomaly was obtained over the crater interior. Short wavelength, high amplitude anomalies observed in the vicinity of the crater rim reflect magnetization contrasts which are probably related to brecciation and block rotation. Modelling of the positive magnetic anomaly indicates the possibility of a small magnetic body or lining at the crater floor-breccia interface in the interior of the crater. Also presented is a 10-meter-contour digital elevation model of the crater and its environs.
Brandt Dion
Franzsen Alan J.
Koeberl Christian
Reimold Wolf Uwe
Wendorff Lutz
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