Geochemistry of target rocks, impact-melt particles, and metallic spherules from Meteor Crater, Arizona: Empirical evidence on the impact process

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 384, Issue , 2005, Pages 367-390

  Mittlefehldt, David W ^a   Hörz, Friedrich ^a   See, Thomas H ^b   Scott, Edward R D ^c   Mertzman, Stanley A ^d  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Geochemistry; Impact melt particles; Meteor crater; Projectile target mixing; Siderophile elements; Target rocks

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GOLD; GOLD COMPOUNDS; LIQUID METALS; MELTING; PROJECTILES; ROCKS;

ARIZONA; IMPACT MELT; IMPACT PROCESS; LITHOPHILE ELEMENTS; METEOR CRATERS; PARTIAL OXIDATIONS; SCHREIBERSITE; SIDEROPHILE ELEMENTS;

METEOR IMPACTS;

CANYON; DENSITY; GEOCHEMISTRY; IMPACT; MELTING; METAL; SPHERULE;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

SPHERULES;

EID: 33745636058     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2384-1.367     Document Type: Article

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