The video argues that Burckle—a roughly 29–30 km-wide candidate structure about 3.8 km deep southeast of Madagascar—marks a Holocene impact that generated a huge Indian Ocean megatsunami. The impact and any temperature above 1,450°C belong to that hypothesis, not confirmed measurements, and no global deluge is established. 🌊
Burckle candidate crater linked to proposed Indian Ocean megatsunami
Key facts
- The correct name is Burckle. It is a roughly 29–30 km-wide candidate impact structure about 3.8 km deep in the Indian Ocean southeast of Madagascar.
- A Holocene age of about 5,000 years and an impact origin are proposals, not confirmed crater properties.
- Any impactor diameter and the predicted megatsunami are estimates within the impact hypothesis; the cited results do not establish a directly measured temperature above 1,450°C or the stated quantity of vaporized seawater.
- A major Indian Ocean megatsunami is a modeled possible consequence of the proposed impact, but a global deluge has not been demonstrated.
Sources
Burckle abyssal impact crater: Did this impact produce a ...academiccommons.columbia.edu
by DH Abbott · 2005 · Cited by 24 — Burckle crater is in the central Indian Ocean on the edge of a fracture zone at 30.87° S 61.36°E. The crater is 29±1 km wide and is the inferred source of ...
Burckle Crater Facts for Kidskids.kiddle.co
The Burckle crater is a huge, round shape found deep under the Indian Ocean. It's about 29 kilometers (18 miles) wide.
Map of the approximate location of Burckle Crater ...researchgate.net
Burckle is a candidate for an undersea impact crater with diameter of ~30 km, probably only 5000 yr old, at the bottom (~3.8 km) of the Indian Ocean ESE of ...
Burckle Crateren.wikipedia.org
The Burckle crater is an undersea topographic feature about 29 kilometres (18 mi; 16 nmi) in diameter in the southwestern Indian Ocean.
Largest natural catastrophes in Holocene and their ...ui.adsabs.harvard.edu
by D Abbott · 2010 · Cited by 2 — The orientation of the dunes is not aligned to the dominant wind direction, but to the path of refracted mega-tsunami originating from the Burckle crater ...
Holocene Impact Working Group |atlantipedia.ie
It is a 30km wide underwater crater, around 1500km southeast of Madagascar, considered by some to have been the Burkle Crater2 result of a cometary impact less ...
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