Host rock solid-state transformation in a shock-induced melt vein of Tenham L6 chondrite

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 254, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 433-445

  Xie, Zhidong ^a   Sharp, Thomas G ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ca rich majorite; growth rate; ringwoodite lamellae; shock metamorphism; solid state transformation; Tenham

Indexed keywords

CHONDRITE; HOST ROCK; SHOCK METAMORPHISM; SOLID-STATE TRANSFORMATION;

GROWTH KINETICS; METEORITES; OXIDE MINERALS; SILICATE MINERALS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ROCKS;

CALCIUM; CHONDRITE; GROWTH RATE; HIGH PRESSURE; MELT; RINGWOODITE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHOCK METAMORPHISM; TRANSFORMATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

EID: 33846580081     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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