Characteristics of shocked quartz in late Eocene impact ejecta from Massignano (Ancona, Italy): Clues to shock conditions and source crater

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 487-490

  Langenhorst, Falko ^a,b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

IMPACT EJECTA; MICRO-STRUCTURAL OBSERVATIONS; NEAR SURFACES; PLANAR DEFORMATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX MEASUREMENT; SHOCK CONDITIONS; SHOCK PRESSURE; SHOCKED QUARTZ;

QUARTZ;

CRATER; DEFORMATION; EJECTA; EOCENE; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MICROSTRUCTURE; QUARTZ; IMPACT EJECTA; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SHOCK METAMORPHISM; SOURCE CRATER;

ASCOLI PICENO; ITALY; MARCHE; MASSIGNANO; ANCONA; NASSIGNANO;

EID: 0029753654     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0487:COSQIL>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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