Authors: Harry K. Hahn
The visited area is located near the small town Southern-Cross in Western-Australia. The Gravity Anomaly Map indicates that Ejecta-material from the assumed Ø400x350km Port-Hedland Crater (Impact) in all probability impacted here and formed these linear structures (ejecta-rays). The Port Hedland Crater is located north of the town Port Hedland on the sea-floor of the Indian Ocean. The Port Hedland Crater, which is unknown yet, in all probability is a large secondary crater caused by the Permian-Triassic Impact Event. Another possible source of the linear ejecta rays could be the Victoria Lake Impact (see map on next page). For a detailed description of the Permian-Triassic Impact (PTI) Hypothesis please read Part 1 of my hypothesis. The geological map identifies the nearly linear structures as structures (low mountain ranges) which consist of different rock types than the surrounding plains of the Yilgarn Craton. These linear structures seem to penetrate the Yilgarn Craton down to a depth of around 6 km (see geologic cross-section A-B). I have collected some rock-samples from these nearly linear structures in the Southern-Cross area and have analysed these samples, mostly quartz, with Micro-Raman-Spectroscopy, to find out if they were exposed to a shock pressure which may indicate an Impact Event. And indeed that exactly seems to be the case ! The Raman-spectra of quartz from the Sample Sites 1, 9, 16 & 18 provide first evidence for an impact event as the probable cause of the linear ray-structure in the Southern-Cross area. The clear shifts of the main Raman peaks, of the analysed quartz samples, to the lower frequencies 463, 261, 204 and 126 cm-1 (Site 1), to 463, 261 and 205 cm-1 (Site 9 & 16) and to 463, 261, 204 and 125 cm-1 (Site 18) provide first proof for an Impact Event as the cause of the linear ray-structure ! Microscopic images of some analysed quartz grains seem to provide further proof for a shock event. PDFs (planar deformation features) seem to be present in some samples (images on pages 4 to 11). All spectra were made with a BRUKER Senterra-II Raman Microscope (wavenumber precision <0.1cm-1). Images of the analysed rock samples and photos of the sample sites are in the Appendix at page 18. References: see page 26, and pages 14-16, 20-21 & 24-27 of Part1 of my hypothesis.
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