Shock metamorphism of siliceous volcanic rocks of the El'gygytgyn impact crater (Chukotka, Russia)

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 384, Issue , 2005, Pages 391-412

  Gurov, Eugene P ^a   Koeberl, Christian ^b   Reimold, Wolf Uwe ^c   Brandstätter, Franz ^d   Amare, Kassa ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chukotka; El'gygytgyn crater; Shocked rhyolite; Shocked volcanic rocks

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; FELDSPAR; GLASS; METEOR IMPACTS; QUARTZ; SILICATES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

CHUKOTKA; DIFFERENT STAGES; EL'GYGYTGYN CRATER; IMPACT CRATERS; IMPACT STRUCTURES; SHOCK INDUCED; SHOCK PRESSURE; SHOCKED RHYOLITE;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

CLASSIFICATION; CRATER; FELDSPAR; GLASS; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MELT; QUARTZ; RHYOLITE; SHOCK METAMORPHISM;

CHUKCHI; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 56449104032     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2384-1.391     Document Type: Article

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