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Plescia et al. 1994
Plescia, J.B., Shoemaker, E.M. and Shoemaker, C.S. (1994). Gravity survey of the Mount Toondina impact structure, South Australia. Journal of Geophysical Research 99: doi: 10.1029/94JE00660. issn: 0148-0227.

Gravity and seismic relfection data, together with geologic mapping, indicate that the Mount Toondina feature in South Australia is best interpreted as an eroded 4-km-diameter impact structure consisting of a ring structural depression surrounding a pronounced central uplift. Beds at the center of the structure within the central uplift have been raised as much as 200 m from depth and deformed by convergent flow. Seismic reflection data indicate that deformation extends to depths of only ≈800 m; at greater depths the reflectors are nearly flat lying, indicating little or no deformation. Gravity data show residual anomalies of +1.0 mGal coincident with the central uplift and a -0.5 Mgal low associated with the ring structural depresion. Modeling of the gravity data indicates that relatively high-density material occurs within the central uplift, whereas the ring depression is filled with low-density material. The deformation at Mount Toondina is typical of a complex impact crater; the 4-km diameter is consistent with the expected threshold size for complex craters formed in weak to moderate strength sedimentary rocks. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1994

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Keywords
Planetology, Solid Surface Planets, Impact phenomena (includes cratering), Exploration Geophysics, Gravity methods, Exploration Geophysics, Seismic methods
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Journal of Geophysical Research
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