Back Cratón de Yilgarn Spanish Craton de Yilgarn French קראטון ילגרן HE Kraton Yilgarn ID Cratone Yilgarn Italian Yilgarnkraton Dutch Јилгарнски кратон Serbian 伊爾幹克拉通 Chinese
The Yilgarn Craton is a large craton that constitutes a major part of the Western Australian land mass. It is bounded by a mixture of sedimentary basins and Proterozoic fold and thrust belts. Zircon grains in the Jack Hills, Narryer terrane have been dated at ~4.27 Ga, with one detrital zircon dated as old as 4.4 Ga.[1]
The Murchison Province of the craton contains the over 2 billion year old Yarrabubba impact structure, previously regarded as the oldest dated meteorite impact crater,[2] until the discovery of evidence such as shatter cones confirming the existence of the 3.47 billion year old North Pole Crater near Marble Bar in the Pilbara.[3][4]
- ^ Earlier known as Yilgarn Block Geological Survey of Western Australia (1975), The Geology of Western Australia, Western Australia Geological Survey, ISBN 978-0-7244-6084-7, section Yilgarn Block by I. R. Williams page 33–81.
- ^ Erickson, Timmons M.; Kirkland, Christopher L.; Timms, Nicholas E.; Cavosie, Aaron J.; Davison, Thomas M. (21 January 2020). "Precise radiometric age establishes Yarrabubba, Western Australia, as Earth's oldest recognised meteorite impact structure". Nature Communications. 11 (1): 300. Bibcode:2020NatCo..11..300E. doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13985-7. PMC 6974607. PMID 31964860.
- ^ Kirkland, C.L.; Johnson, T.E.; Kaempf, J.; Ribeiro, B.V.; Zametzer, A.; Hugh Smithies, R.; McDonald, B. (6 March 2025). "A Paleoarchaean impact crater in the Pilbara Craton, Western Australia". Nature Communications. 16 (1) 2224 (2025). Bibcode:2025NatCo..16.2224K. doi:10.1038/s41467-025-57558-3. PMC 11885519. PMID 40050265.
- ^ de Kruijff, P. (6 March 2025). Earth's oldest-known crater discovered in outback WA is 3.47 billion years old, study finds ABC News. Retrieved 6 March 2025.