Geochemistry of 2.63-2.49 Ga impact spherule layers and implications for stratigraphic correlations and impact processes

Precambrian Research

Volumn 175, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 51-76

  Simonson, Bruce M ^a   McDonald, Iain ^b   Shukolyukov, Alex ^c   Koeberl, Christian ^d   Reimold, Wolf Uwe ^e   Lugmair, Günter W ^c  

^a OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hamersley; Impact ejecta; Neoarchean; Paleoproterozoic; Spherules; Transvaal

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITE; EJECTA; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; IMPACT STRUCTURE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; PROTEROZOIC; SPHERULE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

AFRICA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

SPHERULES;

EID: 70350707586     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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