Australasian strewnfield
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The Australasian strewnfield is the youngest and largest of the tektite strewnfields, with recent estimates suggesting it might cover 10%–30% of the Earth's surface. Research indicates that the impact
Australasian strewnfield. Shaded areas represent tektite finds.
Muong Nong type indochinite from the Ubon Ratchathani province of Thailand
Pingualuit aerial 2007
Zhamanshin crater
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Zhamanshin is a meteorite crater in Kazakhstan. It is 14 kilometres in diameter and the age is estimated to be 900,000 ± 100,000 years. The crater is exposed at the surface.
Australasian strewnfield
…proposed locations for the source of the Australasian strewnfield lying outside of Southeast Asia include the Wilkes Land crater in Antarctica, the Zhamanshin crater in Kazakhstan, and the Elgygytgyn crater in Siberia. It has been proposed that the impact may have triggered the Brunhes–Matuyama reversal of 781,000…
Impact glass from the Zhamanshin impact site