Shock impedance amplified impact deformation of zircon in granitic rocks from the Chicxulub impact crater
Shock impedance amplified impact deformation of zircon in granitic rocks from the Chicxulub impact crater
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2021-12-01
Authors
Wittmann, Axel 1971-
Cavosie, Aaron J.
Timms, Nicholas E.
Ferrière, Ludovic
Rae, Auriol S. P.
Rasmussen, Cornelia
Ross, Catherine
Stockli, Daniel
Schmieder, Martin, 1978-
Kring, David A. (David Allen)
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Elsevier
Abstract
To resolve issues with the shock petrographic use of zircon, we classified impact deformation features in 429 zircon grains in a continuous drill core of uplifted, granitic bedrock in the peak ring of the 200-km-diameter K-Pg Chicxulub impact structure.
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Chicxulub Crater,
Zircon
Citation
Axel Wittmann, Aaron J. Cavosie, Nicholas E. Timms, Ludovic Ferrière, Auriol Rae, Cornelia Rasmussen, Catherine Ross, Daniel Stockli, Martin Schmieder, David A. Kring, Jiawei Zhao, Long Xiao, Joanna V. Morgan, Sean P.S. Gulick, Shock impedance amplified impact deformation of zircon in granitic rocks from the Chicxulub impact crater, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 575, 2021, 117201, ISSN 0012-821X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117201. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X21004568)