Researcher discloses evidence of
record-breaking asteroid crater centered
in Australian Outback
Geology researcher Daniel Connelly of Millville, Vineland, NJ has evidence of a massive impact crater in Australia’s desert interior created by a collision about 545 million years ago. He presented his research at several Geological Society of America conferences and continues to add to the body of evidence through new expeditions and papers. The crater, which has been named (MAPCIS) Massive Australian Precambrian-Cambrian Impact Structure, was large enough to raise mountain ranges, move cratons and cause changes that sparked the “Cambrian Explosion”.
The Case for MAPCIS
Massive arcuate deposits up to 250km long of a rare rock, “pseudotachylite” found only at impact sites in such large amounts.
Ayers Rock Explained?
The impact of the approximately 30km wide bolide into the shallow sea would have created gigantic tsunamis that could rework the proximal ejecta into the famed landmark Uluru/Ayers Rock.
MAPCIS Research
Geology researcher Daniel Connelly was looking at satellite photos of Australia on Google Earth in November 2007 when he first spotted the telltale ring, some 2000km in diameter around the center of the continent.
Expedition to the Outback
Dan along with his sons Kenneth and David collected samples of pseudotachylite from sites 40km, 60km and 100km from the center of impact. They also found PDFs in quartz grains in the closest outcrop.
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