Image: Impactite: Shatter cones

Impactite: Shatter cones (8 cm x 4 cm). Gosses Bluff, Northern Territory.

Photographer:

S Humphreys

Rights:

© Australian Museum

Additional information

In the Northern Territory of Australia, rocks fractured into a regular 'shatter cone' pattern by intense, sudden pressure have been found at Gosses Bluff impact crater.

Last Updated: 4 December 2009

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