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IN the January 12 issue A. R. Crawford1 describes the large ring structures in a Pre-Cambrian volcanic complex of South Australia, and points out their interest to lunar studies. These structures attain 55, and possibly 100, miles in diameter and are still associated with saucer-like topography, which may be due to rejuvenation. They are connected with lineaments which in his view2 closely resemble the grid systems mapped on the Moon by myself3,4 and other workers (Fielder5, Warner). Some of the ring fractures display parasitic volcanic vents1, which, too, bear resemblance to the lunar situation.
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FIRSOFF, V. Selenological Implications of the South-Australian Ring Structures. Nature 198, 78–79 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/198078a0
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