Burckle crater in the central Indian Ocean is 29 km wide and formed during the Holocene. The impactor punched through nearly 4 km of seawater, reaching temperatures above 1,450°C. The resulting mega-tsunamis would have been catastrophic but insufficient to cause a global flood. 💥
Burkle crater proposed as source of catastrophic Indian Ocean deluge
Key facts
- Burkle crater is 29 kilometers wide, located in the central Indian Ocean, formed during the Holocene
- The impactor penetrated nearly 5 kilometers of ocean water and was half a kilometer to a few kilometers in diameter
- Crater shows proven temperatures in excess of 1,450 degrees Celsius
- The impact would have produced catastrophic mega-tsunamis and vaporized millions of tons of seawater, but not enough to cause a global deluge
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 ...
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