Shock veins in the central uplift of the Manicouagan impact structure: Context and genesis

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 303, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 310-322

  Biren, Marc B ^a   Spray, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Frictional melting; Manicouagan; Maskelynite; Shock excursion; Shock veins; Stishovite

Indexed keywords

FRICTIONAL MELTING; MANICOUAGAN; MASKELYNITE; SHOCK EXCURSION; SHOCK VEINS; STISHOVITE;

FRICTION; MELTING; SILICATES;

SHOCK WAVES;

ADIABATIC PROCESS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; HIGH PRESSURE; IMPACT STRUCTURE; METEORITE; PRESSURE EFFECT; SILICATE MELT; STISHOVITE; UPLIFT; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

CANADA; MANICOUAGAN CRATER; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 79952101672     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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