Upheaval Dome, Utah, USA: Impact origin confirmed

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 227-230

  Buchner, Elmar ^a   Kenkmann, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Impact craters; Quartz; Shock metamorphism; TEM data

Indexed keywords

IMPACT CRATERS; SHOCK METAMORPHISM; STRUCTURAL MAPPING;

DEFORMATION; LANDFORMS; MAPPING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VOLCANOES;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CRATER; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DISLOCATION; DOME; FLUID INCLUSION; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; JURASSIC; QUARTZ; SHOCK METAMORPHISM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UPLIFT;

COLORADO PLATEAU; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 44449153455     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G24287A.1     Document Type: Article

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