Microtektites from Victoria Land Transantarctic Mountains

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 291-294

  Folco, L ^a   Rochette, P ^b   Perchiazzi, N ^c   D'Orazio, M ^c   Laurenzi, M A ^d   Tiepolo, M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Australasian tektites; Impact ejecta; Microtektites; Transantarctic Mountains

Indexed keywords

EJECTA PLUME; GEOCHEMICAL AFFINITY; IMPACT EJECTA; MICROSCOPIC IMPACT GLASS PARTICLES; MICROTEKTITES;

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLASS; LANDFORMS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; EJECTA; EROSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; IMPACT STRUCTURE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PLUME; QUATERNARY; TEKTITE; VOLATILE ELEMENT;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS; VICTORIA LAND;

EID: 44449092489     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G24528A.1     Document Type: Article

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