- Burckle Crater
Burckle Crater is an undersea crater likely to have been formed by a very large scale
comet ormeteorite impact event. It is located to the east ofMadagascar and west of Western Australia in the southernIndian ocean . Its position was determined in 2006 by theHolocene Impact Working Group using evidence of its existence from prehistoric chevrondune formations in Australia and Madagascar that allowed them to triangulate its location.Burckle Crater lies undersea at coord|30.865|S|61.365|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title in the Indian Ocean.
Formation
Burckle Crater has not yet been dated by radiometric analysis of its sediments. The Holocene Impact Working Group think that it was created about 5,000 years ago during the
Holocene epoch when a comet impacted in the ocean, and that enormousmegatsunami s created the dune formations which later allowed the crater to be pin-pointed.Legend
As not only the
Bible , but other ancient writings from various cultures make reference to a 'great flood', it is possible that these legends are associated with this event.ee also
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* [http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20061114/news_1n14meteors.html Meteor 'misfits' find proof in sea] Impacts more recent and often, researchers say
* [http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2006AM/finalprogram/abstract_114274.htm Impact Craters as Sources of Megatsunami Generated Chevron Dunes]
* [http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2006/s1788687.htm Transcript of ABC interview with Ted Bryant]
* [http://library.lanl.gov/tsunami/213/scheff.pdf Chevron-shaped Accumulations Along the Coastlines of Australia as Potential Tsunami Evidences?] Science of Tsunami Hazards (2003), Vol. 21, #3, p 174.
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