Discovery of high-pressure ZrSiO4 polymorph in naturally occurring shock-metamorphosed zircons

Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 371-373

  Glass, B P ^a   Liu, Shaobin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Impact ejecta; Polymorphism; Shock metamorphism; X ray diffraction analysis; Zircon

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MINERALOGY; ROCKS; TEXTURES; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

SHOCK PRESSURES;

ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS;

EJECTA; EOCENE; IMPACT STRUCTURE; POLYMORPHISM; SHOCK METAMORPHISM; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; ZIRCON;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867736989     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0371:DOHPZP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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