Journal article
The discovery and history of the Dalgaranga meteorite crater, Western Australia
DW Hamacher, C O'Neill
Australian Journal of Earth Sciences | Published : 2013
Abstract
The Dalgaranga meteorite crater, 100 km northeast of Yalgoo, Western Australia, was one of the first impact structures identified in Australia, the smallest isolated crater found in Australia, and the only confirmed crater in the world associated with a mesosiderite projectile. Seventeen years passed before the Dalgaranga meteorites were described in the scientific literature, and nearly 40 years passed before a survey of the structure was published. The reasons for the time gap were never explained and a number of factual errors about the discovery and early history remain uncorrected in the scientific literature. Using historical and archival documents, and discussions with people involved..
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Funding Acknowledgements
We thank Amy Davis, Gary Huss, Peggy Schaller, Alex Bevan, Joe McCall, John Goldsmith and Peter Downes for their assistance, advice and comments. We are indebted to the Carlsbad City Library (California), Arizona State University Library, the State Library of Western Australia, the Geological Survey of Western Australia, and the Western Australian Museum for archival materials. This research made use of the National Library of Australia's Trove archival database (trove.nla.gov.au), the NASA Astrophysics Data System (adsabs.harvard.edu), and Ancestry.com. We would also like to acknowledge the referees for their helpful and useful comments. O'Neill acknowledges DP110104145, FT100100717, and Centre of Excellence for Core to Crust Fluid Systems (CCFS) support from the Australian Research Council.