Physical and chemical evidence of the 1850 Ma Sudbury impact event in the Baraga Group, Michigan

Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 827-830

  Pufahl, Peir K ^a   Hiatt, Eric E ^b   Stanley, Clifford R ^a   Morrow, Jared R ^c   Nelson, Gabriel J ^a   Edwards, Cole T ^b  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bolide; Ejecta; Impact; Meteorite; Michigan; Platinum group elements; Sedimentology; Sudbury

Indexed keywords

EJECTA CLASTS; EJECTA LAYER; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS;

GEOCHEMISTRY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; METEORITES; PETROLOGY; PLATINUM COMPOUNDS; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

BOLIDE; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEPOSITION; EJECTA; METEORITE; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; PRECAMBRIAN; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TRANSGRESSION;

BARAGA COUNTY; MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

SPHERULES;

EID: 34548803058     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G23751A.1     Document Type: Article

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