Name: Gosse’s Bluff: Impact from Space
Start: 2024-08-21T19:15:00+09:30
Location: Adelaide Planetarium - UniSA Mawson Lakes

$Gosse\u2019s Bluff: Impact from Space$

Jayden Squire
University of Adelaide

Abstract: The Gosses Bluff impact structure is located in the West Amadeus Basin and is one of the largest impact structures in Australia. Jayden will explore details about his fieldwork at the site, sample collection and the techniques used to date an impact structure. He will discuss how the impact might have impacted life and biodiversity in the early Cretaceous and late Jurassic. This will serve as both a geotourism highlight experience and a rundown on the latest scientific techniques that help us understand the formation of impact structures.

Bio: Jayden Squire BSc is an extra-terrestrial geologist who is focusing on terrestrial impact structures in Australia. He has published tektites and their use by Aboriginal Australians, along with the potential origin of australites. He assists in curating the Ralph Tate Geoscience Museum located in the Mawson Building at the University of Adelaide and has assisted in the curation of displays related to deep time, meteorites, evolution, and lithic technology during human evolution. He enjoys giving talks to school groups and members of the general public both at the Museum and elsewhere about these topics.
PLEASE NOTE THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC PLANETARIUM SESSION.
You must be a member of the Supernovas to attend, or have been specially invited ($5.00 per person entry fee)