Ballen quartz and cristobalite in impactites: New investigations

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 465, Issue , 2010, Pages 609-618

  Ferrière, Ludovic ^a,d   Koeberl, Christian ^a,b   Libowitzky, Eugen ^a   Reimold, W Uwe ^c   Greshake, Ansgar ^c   Brandstätter, Franz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METEOR IMPACTS; SILICATE MINERALS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; CRISTOBALITES; IMPACT MELT; IMPACT STRUCTURES; MICRO TEXTURE; PRESSURE RELEASE; SHOCK TEMPERATURE; VESICLE FORMATION;

QUARTZ;

CRATER; CRISTOBALITE; IMPACT STRUCTURE; IMPACTITE; QUARTZ; SUEVITE;

EID: 78650938669     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2010.2465(29)     Document Type: Article

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