Petrography of the impact breccias of the Enkingen (SUBO 18) drill core, southern Ries crater, Germany: New estimate of impact melt volume

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 124, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 104-132

  Reimold, W U ^a   Hansen, B K ^a   Jacob, J ^a   Artemieva, N A ^a,b   Wunnemann K ^a   Meyer, C ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOSPHERE DYNAMICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASTIC MATERIALS; DRILL CORE; GERMANY; IMPACT MELT; IMPACT STRUCTURES; IN-LINE; MELT FRAGMENTS; MELT VOLUME; PETROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; PHYLLOSILICATE; ROCK CLASTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC; SMECTITES; VOLCANICLASTICS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CARBONATE MINERALS; CLAY MINERALS; CORE DRILLING; MODAL ANALYSIS; PETROGRAPHY;

ROCKS;

AGGLOMERATION; BRECCIA; CRATER; IMPACT STRUCTURE; PETROGRAPHY; SEDIMENT CORE; SUEVITE; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

BAVARIA; GERMANY; RIES CRATER;

EID: 84859361066     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30470.1     Document Type: Article

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