MAKE A MEME View Large Image Shoemaker crater.jpg The Shoemaker impact structure lies in the arid central part of Western Australia near Wiluna The crater is about 30 kilometers 18 miles in diameter and contains seasonal lakes that produce salt deposits as they ...
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Keywords: Shoemaker crater.jpg The Shoemaker impact structure lies in the arid central part of Western Australia near Wiluna The crater is about 30 kilometers 18 miles in diameter and contains seasonal lakes that produce salt deposits as they evaporate It is approximately 1 7 billion years old and is regarded as the oldest known Australian impact structure to date A dark crescent-shaped inner ring surrounds the core which consists of uplifted granitic rocks The outer ring is composed of Precambrian sedimentary rocks The crater formerly known as Teague was renamed the Shoemaker impact structure in honor of the late geologist Eugene M Shoemaker one of the founding fathers of impact research http //landsat usgs gov/gallery/detail/366/ 2000-05-05 U S Department of the Interior <nowiki> </nowiki> U S Geological Survey http //en wikipedia org/wiki/Image Shoemaker_crater jpg PD-USGov Precambrian Things named after Eugene Merle Shoemaker Shoemaker crater Australia
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