Origin of large-volume pseudotachylite in terrestrial impact structures

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 619-622

  Riller, Ulrich ^a   Lieger, Daniel ^b   Gibson, Roger L ^c   Grieve, Richard A F ^d   Stöffler, Dieter ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX CRATERS; DIFFERENTIAL ROTATION; GLASSY MATRICES; IMPACT MELT; IMPACT STRUCTURES; ROCK FRAGMENTS; SINGLE PROCESS; SOUTH AFRICA; TENSION FRACTURES; TIME AND SPACE;

HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES;

FRACTURE;

BASALT; CRATERING; FORMATION MECHANISM; FRACTURE; GLASS; IMPACT STRUCTURE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TENSION;

CANADA; FREE STATE; ONTARIO [CANADA]; SOUTH AFRICA; SUDBURY; VREDEFORT DOME;

EID: 77956012484     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30806.1     Document Type: Article

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