A re-investigation of the findsite of the Huckitta Meteorite from Central Australia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19427324 |
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| Authors | Dirk Megirian (Department of Arts and Museums), M J Freeman (Geological Survey of Western Australia), Susan Wyche (0000-0001-6151-2913, Department of Arts and Museums) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 133-138 |
| Publication date | 1987-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Beagle Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0811-3653 |
| Publisher | Smithsonian Institution (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.5962/p.260905 |
| OpenAlex | W2762826720 |
| Language | EN |
The Huckitta meteorite from Central Australia is the largest known pallasite.Excavation of the find in 1937 showed that the 1415 kg unweathercd main mass rested on a much larger sub-surface body of weathered remains known as "iron shale" in which the metal phase has completely oxidised but the pallasite structure is preserved.Madigan (1939) reported that all the meteoritic material had been removed.Further excavation in 1986 showed that the extent of the iron shale was greater than previously thought and approximately 1000 kg were collected and lodged with the Northern Territory Museum.The ''crater" described by Madigan (1939) was not of impact origin but represented an acolian feature known as a wrap-around dune.A terrestrial age greater than 18 000 years in suggested for the Huckitta meteorite
Astrobiology · Meteorite · Physics · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Planetary Science and Exploration · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Geology
| Highly cited | No |
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