Impact melting in sedimentary target rocks: An assessment

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 437, Issue , 2007, Pages 1-18

  Osinski, G R ^a   Spray, J G ^b   Grieve, R A F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Impact cratering; Impact melting; Impactites

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; DECOMPOSITION; MELTING; METEOR IMPACTS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; HYPERVELOCITY IMPACTS; IMPACT CRATERING; IMPACT STRUCTURES; IMPACTITES; PHASE RELATION; SHOCKED MATERIAL; TARGET SEQUENCES;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

CALCITE; CARBONATE; DECOMPOSITION; IMPACT STRUCTURE; IMPACTITE; MELTING; SEDIMENTARY ROCK;

EID: 75749106193     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2008.2437(01)     Document Type: Article

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