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Oct 2001
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001e%26psl.192..281u&link_type=abstract
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 192, Issue 3, p. 281-289.
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Woodleigh is a recently discovered impact structure with a diameter of 120 km, and thereby represents the third largest proven Phanerozoic impact structure known after Morocweng and Chicxulub. K-Ar isotopic studies of fine-grained authigenic illitic clay minerals (<2 μm), considered to be impact-induced hydrothermal alteration products, indicate a Late Devonian (359+/-4 Ma) age for the impact. Other evidence reported for Late Devonian extraterrestrial impacts include the strong iridium anomaly in the Canning Basin, Western Australia, and microtektites and elemental anomalies (including iridium) in South China. Given the large diameter of the Woodleigh impact structure and its relative proximity to iridium anomalies also of Late Devonian age in eastern Gondwana basins, environmental effects of the Woodleigh impact event are a likely contributor to a biotic crisis in the Late Devonian.
Glikson Andrew Y.
Glikson Miryam
Golding Suzanne D.
Mory Arthur J.
Tonguç Uysal I.
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