Micro-shock deformation adjacent to the surface of shatter cones from the Beaverhead impact structure, Montana

Journal of Geology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 233-238

  Hargraves, R B ^a   White, J C ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; IMPACT STRUCTURE; PLANAR DEFORMATION FEATURE; PSEUDOTACHYLITE; SHATTER CONE; SHOCK METAMORPHISM;

USA, MONTANA, BEAVERHEAD IMPACT STRUCTURE;

EID: 0029751352     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/629817     Document Type: Article

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