An article in the Sydney Morning Herald, (March 21, 2015), discussed a new theory that the head waters of the Diamantina which form a curved channel beginning south of Kynuna Station, arching north-east around past the little township of Kynuna before setting off on its thousands of kilometres journey south to Lake Eyre-Kati Thanda .
A massive explosion, the equivalent of more than 650 million Hiroshima atomic bombs, is thought to have changed the course of history west of Winton in outback Queensland.
But luckily for the residents of Winton – and the entire world, for that matter – the asteroid impact occurred a good 300 million years ago.
If proven to be an asteroid impact, Geosciences Australia said, the amount of energy released by the asteroid strike would have been larger than 650 million atomic bombs of the size that destroyed Hiroshima.
GA mineral systems branch head Richard Blewett said the first hint of the cataclysmic impact was the unusual route of a major outback waterway.
But luckily for the residents of Winton – and the entire world, for that matter – the asteroid impact occurred a good 300 million years ago.
If proven to be an asteroid impact, Geosciences Australia said, the amount of energy released by the asteroid strike would have been larger than 650 million atomic bombs of the size that destroyed Hiroshima.
GA mineral systems branch head Richard Blewett said the first hint of the cataclysmic impact was the unusual route of a major outback waterway.
- Sydney Morning Herald, March 21, 2015
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