Evidence for the shock melting of sulfates from the Haughton impact structure, Arctic Canada

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 215, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 357-370

  Osinski, Gordon R ^a   Spray, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbonates; Impact craters; Impact melts; Melting; Sulfates

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; CRATER; CRYSTALLIZATION; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MELTING; SHOCK METAMORPHISM; SULFATE;

CANADA; NUNAVUT;

EID: 0142259716     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00420-5     Document Type: Article

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