Mega-impact melt petrology (Chicxulub, Sudbury, and the Moon): Effects of scale and other factors on potential for fractional crystallization and development of cumulates

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 307, Issue , 1996, Pages 105-124

  Warren, Paul H ^a,b   Claeys, Philippe ^c   Cedillo Pardo, Esteban ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

^e LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; LASER BEAM WELDING; MELTING;

BACKGROUND TEMPERATURE; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; CRATER DIAMETER; EFFECTS OF SCALE; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; IMPACT STRUCTURES; LARGE-SCALE IMPACTS; SUDBURY IGNEOUS COMPLEXES;

MOON;

BASAL MELTING; CRYSTALLIZATION; GRANOPHYRE; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MELTING; PENOKEAN OROGENY; UPPER MANTLE;

BAY OF CAMPECHE; CANADA; CHICXULUB CRATER; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; ONTARIO [CANADA]; SUDBURY IGNEOUS COMPLEX; SUDBURY STRUCTURE; YUCATAN;

EID: 84870823403     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2307-8.105     Document Type: Article

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