A common volatilization trend in Transantarctic Mountain and Australasian microtektites: Implications for their formation model and parent crater location

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 293, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 135-139

  Folco, L ^a   Glass, B P ^b   D'Orazio, M ^c   Rochette, P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Australasian microtektites; Impact cratering; Impact glass; Impact melting; Tektites; Transantarctic Mountain microtektites; Volatile elements

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; DEEP SEA SEDIMENT; FORMATION MODEL; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; IMPACT CRATERING; IMPACT GLASS; MAJOR ELEMENTS; TARGET REGIONS; VOLATILE ELEMENTS;

GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLASS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SODIUM;

LANDFORMS;

CRATERING; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; IMPACT STRUCTURE; TEKTITE; VOLATILE ELEMENT;

ANTARCTICA; INDOCHINA; TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS;

EID: 77950338770     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.02.037     Document Type: Article

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