Spherule layers - Records of ancient impacts

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue , 2004, Pages 329-361

  Simonson, Bruce M ^a   Glass, Billy P ^b  

^a OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ejecta layers; Impact ejecta; Microkrystites; Microtektites; Precambrian

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SILICATES; STRATIGRAPHY;

BIOTIC EFFECTS; GEOLOGIC AGE; SPHERULE LAYERS;

EARTH (PLANET);

IMPACT STRUCTURE; PRECAMBRIAN; SPHERULE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TEKTITE;

EID: 3042615384     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.earth.32.101802.120458     Document Type: Review

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