Impact melt rocks from the Ries structure, Germany: An origin as impact melt flows?

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 226, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 529-543

  Osinski, Gordon R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ejecta; Impact craters; Impact melting; Skeletal crystals; Spherulites

Indexed keywords

EJECTA; FRACTIONATION; GLASS; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MELT; TEXTURE;

BAVARIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; RIES CRATER;

EID: 5044220248     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.08.012     Document Type: Article

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