A field expedition project · Australia · Est. 2020
Visiting and mapping every confirmed meteorite impact structure on the Australian continent
The Mission
Australia hosts some of the oldest and best-preserved meteorite impact structures on Earth. Billions of years of geological stability have left scars in the landscape that tell the story of a violent solar system - craters that range from modest depressions to vast multi-kilometre rings visible from space.
This project sets out to find, photograph, map, and document every confirmed impact structure on the continent - from the remote Kimberley to the South Australian outback, from well-known icons to barely-visited anomalies known only to geologists.
One of the smallest confirmed impact craters in Australia, and one of only a handful where meteoritic fragments have been recovered.
Mesosiderite fragmentsA recently formed iron-meteorite crater in the NT, well-preserved in arid conditions. Meteorite fragments scattered across the surrounding plain.
~5400 years oldOne of the largest impact structures on Earth, formed ~590 million years ago. The ejecta layer has been traced over 300km away in the Flinders Ranges.
590 million years oldThe Team
Paul is a geospatial scientist with a career spent mapping the Australian continent from the air and the ground. The combination of remote sensing expertise, a pilot's licence, and a deep fascination with planetary geology makes impact structures a natural obsession.
Brad is an anthropologist with experience in Papua New Guinea and the South Pacific.
This project is equal parts science and expedition — bringing rigorous survey methods to some of the most remote and remarkable geological features in the world.